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ˌover-proˈduce, v.
[over- 27.]
trans. To produce (a commodity) in excess of the demand or of a defined amount.
1894H. D. Lloyd Wealth agst. Commw. 155 If the owner of a well over-produced only the one-hundredth of a barrel, he got a notice to go slower. 1899Daily News 24 Apr. 3/4 Pig iron has been over-produced..in recent years.
▸ trans. To produce (a play, film, song, etc.) in an excessively elaborate way. Also intr.
1952T. Williams Let. 29 Mar. in Five O'Clock Angel (1991) 54 It was a good play, but it was over-produced. 1966N.Y. Times 17 Sept. 17/3 It is now possible, as has been demonstrated in the opening opera, to overproduce, overmechanize and overdesign. 1988Washington Post 4 Sept. g3/4 Burnett has shown a disturbing tendency to overproduce songs, to burden them with sluggish and often pretentious arrangements. 2002A. Park To know you More xiii. 198 It's easy to overproduce a worship set. Too many elaborate introductions and interludes can make a set feel contrived. |
