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Overdevelopment

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Excessive development; the state or quality of being overdeveloped uncountable, usually

    "[…] the threat of lopsided, uncontrolled overdevelopment seems distant to many--local residents and Chicagoans alike--who regard the rediscovery of the area as a welcome return to its heyday in the 1930s and '40s, when even more Chicago families spent their summers here."

Etymology

From over- + development.

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