overbuilt

Example Sentences

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Should the departure continue, or even increase, experts say it’s still not likely L.A. will ever be overbuilt like some of its Rust Belt counterparts due to pent-up demand that has never quite been met.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

“If you got to a point where you overbuilt, you could have that as an option,” he told analysts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

Only an overbuilt city can offer tenants security and freedom.

From Slate • Sep. 10, 2024

China’s economy, for decades a leading engine of global growth, has sputtered in recent years: Its overbuilt property market has imploded.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 9, 2024

That suggested that Berkeley’s thirty-seven-inch machine was already overbuilt.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik