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Definition of Overbuilt
1. a. Having too many buildings; as, an overbuilt part of a town.
Definition of Overbuilt
1. Verb. (past of overbuild) ¹
2. Adjective. Having had excessive construction performed on a building or in an area. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Overbuilt
1. overbuild [v] - See also: overbuild
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overbuilt
Literary usage of Overbuilt
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Public Utilities; Their Cost New and Depreciation by Hammond Vinton Hayes (1913)
"If the plant has been overbuilt, so that its capacity exceeds the present ...
The determination of whether a plant has been overbuilt or not is a simple and ..."
2. Public Utilities; Their Cost New and Depreciation by Hammond Vinton Hayes (1913)
"overbuilt plant. — There is one point in this connection which must be ...
If the plant has been overbuilt, so that its capacity exceeds the present demands ..."
3. Valuation, Depreciation and the Rate-base by Carl Ewald Grunsky (1916)
"requirements and so far in excess of a reasonable allowance for growth in the
near future that it must be regarded as overbuilt and not, therefore, ..."
4. Valuation, Depreciation and the Rate-base by Carl Ewald Grunsky (1916)
"requirements and so far in excess of a reasonable allowance for growth in the
near future that it must be regarded as overbuilt and not, therefore, ..."
5. Public Utilities: Their Cost New and Depreciation by Hammond Vinton Hayes (1913)
"overbuilt plant. — There is one point in this connection which must be ...
If the plant has been overbuilt, so that its capacity exceeds the present demands ..."
6. Final Report of the Committee on Taxation of the City of New York by Alfred Erskine Marling, New York (City). Committee on taxation (1916)
"SIMON: If the city is not overbuilt, do you still think that rents ... SIMON :
You said it would never be overbuilt. MR. CAVANAGH : There would never be ..."
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