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o•ver•de•vel•op
(ō′vər di vel′əp),USA pronunciation v.t., v.i.
o′ver•de•vel′op•ment, n.
- to develop to excess:to overdevelop a photograph; to overdevelop a waterfront area.
- over- + develop 1835–45
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