overbuild.
To perform excessive construction on a building or in an area.
Meaning & usage
To perform excessive construction on a building or in an area.
To build over or on top of another structure.
The architect wanted to overbuild the restaurant on top of an office.
To build with excessive size or elaboration.
To construct more buildings than necessary in an area.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- Proto-West Germanic *buþlijan Old English bytlan Middle English bylden English build English overbuild From over- + build.
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