Usually means: Construction exceeding demand or need.
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We found 8 dictionaries that define the word overbuilding:

General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. overbuilding: Merriam-Webster
  2. overbuilding: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. overbuilding: Collins English Dictionary
  4. overbuilding: Wordnik
  5. overbuilding: Wiktionary
  6. overbuilding: Dictionary.com
  7. overbuilding: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. overbuilding: Financial dictionary

(Note: See overbuild as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (overbuild)

verb:  (ambitransitive) To perform excessive construction on a building or in an area.
verb:  (transitive) To build over or on top of another structure.
verb:  (transitive) To build with excessive size or elaboration.
verb:  (intransitive) To construct more buildings than necessary in an area.
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