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adjectiveovermined (comparative more overmined, superlative most overmined)
comparative more overmined · superlative most overmined
- Depleted by excessive mining.
With the sonic trends of the 1960s and ’70s already long overmined, it’s not particularly surprising that new bands are revisiting the 1980s, eschewing Beatles-and-Stones hegemony for (equally well-coiffed) sources like Bauhaus, the Cure, New Order and Depeche Mode.
2008 May 23, The New York Times, “Pop and Rock Listings”, in New York Times
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overmined. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overmined
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