English

Verb

overdevelop ‎(third-person singular simple present overdevelops, present participle overdeveloping, simple past and past participle overdeveloped)

1. To develop to an excessive degree
   • 1988, January 15, “Ben Joravsky”, in A strip mall in Edgewater: class warfare, or small-time tiff?:

     After all, most neighborhoods in Chicago, outside of overdeveloped Lincoln Park, welcome any kind of retail developments their commercial strips can get.

2. (photography) To develop a photographic film for too long

Antonyms

• underdevelop

Derived terms

• overdevelopment