Overinvest

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Verb
  1. 1
    To invest an excessive amount.

    "Amazon may have overinvested in making new kinds of hardware, like now-discontinued alarm clocks and microwaves that worked with Alexa, which sold at or below cost, the former executive said."

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"Amazon may have overinvested in making new kinds of hardware, like now-discontinued alarm clocks and microwaves that worked with Alexa, which sold at or below cost, the former executive said."

Etymology

From over- + invest.

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