Definition of Overexpanding

1. overexpand [v] - See also: overexpand

Lexicographical Neighbors of Overexpanding

overexcites
overexciting
overexercise
overexercised
overexercises
overexercising
overexert
overexert oneself
overexerted
overexerting
overexertion
overexertions
overexerts
overexpand
overexpanded
overexpanding (current term)
overexpands
overexpansion
overexpansions
overexpectation
overexplain
overexplained
overexplaining
overexplains
overexplanatory
overexplicit
overexploit
overexploitation
overexploited
overexploiting

Literary usage of Overexpanding

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Social Welfare Forum: Official Proceedings ... Annual Forum by National Conference on Social Welfare, American Social Science Association, Conference of Charities (U.S., Conference of Charities (U.S.), National Conference of Social Work (U.S. (1921)
"If one manufacturer is prevented from overexpanding, he sees his competitors get the business. But, if competitors are prevented, he is more nearly content. ..."

2. Understanding the Immune System by Lydia Woods Schindler (1991)
"Later, to prevent this army from overexpanding wildly, like a cancer, powerful suppressor mechanisms come into play. Lymphocytes are small white blood cells ..."

3. A History of Money and Banking in the United States: The Colonial Era to by Murray Newton Rothbard (2002)
"The politicians were more amenable to the desires of the overexpanding country banks. Still, it must be said that Suffolk acted toward the Bank of Mutual ..."

4. Seventeen Talks on the Banking Question by Charles Newell Fowler (1913)
"A business that is overexpanding its credit by borrowing, or by selling its paper, will probably be working some other zone, or several of them at the same ..."

5. U. S. Navy Diving Manual: Air Diving (1999)
"If this expanding air is not allowed to escape, pressure builds up within the lungs, overexpanding them and rupturing their air sacs and blood vessels. ..."

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