overbuild
English
Etymology
From over- + build.
Verb
overbuild (third-person singular simple present overbuilds, present participle overbuilding, simple past and past participle overbuilt)
- (transitive, intransitive) To perform excessive construction on a building or in an area.
- 'c. 1962, Philip Larkin on John Betjeman
- How much more interesting & worth writing about Betjeman's subjects are than most other modern poets, I mean, whether so-and-so achieves some metaphysical inner unity is not really so interesting to us as the overbuilding of rural Middlesex.
- 'c. 1962, Philip Larkin on John Betjeman
- (transitive) To build over or on top of another structure.
- The architect wanted to overbuild the restaurant on top of an office.
- (transitive) To build with excessive size or elaboration.
- (intransitive) To construct more buildings than necessary in an area.
Antonyms
- underbuild
Derived terms
- overbuilder
Translations
to perform excessive construction
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To build on top of another structure.
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