overdevelop

English

Etymology

From over- +‎ develop.

Verb

overdevelop (third-person singular simple present overdevelops, present participle overdeveloping, simple past and past participle overdeveloped)

1. To develop to an excessive degree
   • 1988 January 15, Ben Joravsky, “A strip mall in Edgewater: class warfare, or small-time tiff?”, in Chicago Reader‎^[1]:

     After all, most neighborhoods in Chicago, outside of overdeveloped Lincoln Park, welcome any kind of retail developments their commercial strips can get.

2. (photography) To develop a photographic film for too long

Antonyms

• underdevelop

Derived terms

• overdevelopment

Translations

to develop to an excessive degree

• Hungarian: túlfejleszt

to develop a photographic film for too long

• Hungarian: túlhív