Usually means: Exceed optimal development, causing harm.
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  1. overdevelop: Merriam-Webster
  2. overdevelop: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. overdevelop: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. overdevelop: Collins English Dictionary
  5. overdevelop: Wordnik
  6. overdevelop: Wiktionary
  7. overdevelop: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. overdevelop: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. overdevelop: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Overdevelop, overdevelop: Dictionary.com
  11. overdevelop: FreeDictionary.org
  12. overdevelop: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. overdevelop: Legal dictionary

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  1. overdevelop: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (overdevelop)

▸ verb:  To develop to an excessive degree
▸ verb:  (photography) To develop a photographic film for too long

Similar:
overexpand, overmodify, overbuild, overextend, overfeel, overdo, overactivate, overaggrandize, overadapt, overadorn, more...

Opposite:
underdevelop, undervelop, underutilize

Types:
overdeveloped, underdeveloped, developed, undeveloped, more...

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Similar:
overexpand, overmodify, overbuild, overextend, overfeel, overdo, overactivate, overaggrandize, overadapt, overadorn, more...

Opposite:
underdevelop, undervelop, underutilize

Types:
overdeveloped, underdeveloped, developed, undeveloped, more...



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