Meanings
proper nounEarth Overshoot Day (plural Earth Overshoot Days)
plural Earth Overshoot Days
- biologyThe calculated illustrative calendar date on which humanity's resource consumption for the year exceeds Earth's capacity to regenerate those resources that year.
Translations
Finnish ekovelkapäivä, maailman ylikulutuspäivä
- ekovelkapäiväcalculated illustrative calendar date
- maailman ylikulutuspäiväcalculated illustrative calendar date
- ylikulutuspäiväcalculated illustrative calendar date
German Erdüberlastungstag
- Erdüberlastungstagcalculated illustrative calendar date
Hungarian globális túlfogyasztás napja
- globális túlfogyasztás napjacalculated illustrative calendar date
Swedish den ekologiska skuldens dag
- den ekologiska skuldens dagcalculated illustrative calendar date
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APA
Earth Overshoot Day. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Earth%20Overshoot%20Day
MLA
“Earth Overshoot Day.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Earth%20Overshoot%20Day. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Earth Overshoot Day,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Earth%20Overshoot%20Day.
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