OVEREXPLOITATION
Dictionary entry overview: What does overexploitation mean? • OVEREXPLOITATION (noun)
The noun OVEREXPLOITATION has 1 sense:
1. exploitation to the point of diminishing returns
Familiarity information: OVEREXPLOITATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• OVEREXPLOITATION (noun)
Meaning:
Exploitation to the point of diminishing returns
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
overexploitation; overuse; overutilisation; overutilization
Hypernyms ("overexploitation" is a kind of...):
development; exploitation (the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful)
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