overindustrialize

verb

To industrialize to an excessive degree.

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Meanings

verboverindustrialize (third-person singular simple present overindustrializes, present participle overindustrializing, simple past and past participle overindustrialized)

present singular third person overindustrializes · participle present overindustrializing · participle past overindustrialized · past overindustrialized

  1. transitiveTo industrialize to an excessive degree.

Origin

From over- + industrialize.

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APA

overindustrialize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overindustrialize

MLA

“overindustrialize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overindustrialize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overindustrialize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overindustrialize.

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