"overbuilt" meaning in English

See overbuilt in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more overbuilt [comparative], most overbuilt [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} overbuilt (comparative more overbuilt, superlative most overbuilt)
  1. Having had excessive construction (building) carried out, as:
    (real estate) Overdeveloped.
    Categories (topical): Real estate
    Sense id: en-overbuilt-en-adj-ooEvWDRi Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 49 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 49 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 49 1 Topics: business, real-estate
  2. Having had excessive construction (building) carried out, as:
    (mechanical devices, buildings) Built for heavier duty than might be predicted to be necessary.
    Sense id: en-overbuilt-en-adj-p6Ag8gSV Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 49 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 49 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 49 1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: built like a brick shithouse, overengineered

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} overbuilt
  1. simple past and past participle of overbuild Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: overbuild
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