from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
transitive verb To develop to excess.
transitive verb To process (a photographic plate or film) too long or in too concentrated a solution.
from The Century Dictionary.
To develop to excess; in photography, to develop too long or with too strong developer. See overdevelopment.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
transitive verb (Photog.) To develop excessively
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
verb To develop to an excessive degree
verb photography To develop a photographicfilm for too long
Etymologies
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over- + develop
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Examples
They contend that they have studied the transport systems in America and particularly in Canada and they say that they don't want to overdevelop their railway system.
According to Byram, there's a tendency for pitchers to overdevelop the internal rotators of their shoulders because those are the muscles that speed the arm forward.
The Department of Community Affairs is Florida's last line of defense against incessant, unrelenting efforts to overbuild and overdevelop our communities.
The Department of Community Affairs is Florida's last line of defense against incessant, unrelenting efforts to overbuild and overdevelop our communities.
The Department of Community Affairs is Florida's last line of defense against incessant, unrelenting efforts to overbuild and overdevelop our communities.
According to Byram, there's a tendency for pitchers to overdevelop the internal rotators of their shoulders because those are the muscles that speed the arm forward.
Now there is no real need for a passenger / commuter rail line unless the goal is to overdevelop the north shore with more townhouses, apartment buildings, and housing projects.
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