overdevelop

[ oh-ver-di-vel-uh p ]

/ ˌoʊ vər dɪˈvɛl əp /

to develop to excess: to overdevelop a photograph; to overdevelop a waterfront area.

Origin of overdevelop

First recorded in 1835–45; over- + develop

o·ver·de·vel·op·ment, noun

This insanity may be due wholly to the overdevelopment of the primary ego in the child.

Twenty Years a Detective in the Wickedest City in the World |Clifton R. Wooldridge
Soils naturally too rich produce an overdevelopment of vine.

The Grapes of New York |U. P. Hedrick
But the process of overdevelopment continued in the industry.

The Coming of Coal |Robert W. Bruere
If Polly Perkins developed a chin and rushed off, what might Kent have done with an overdevelopment of chin already there?

Molly Brown of Kentucky |Nell Speed

Nor are correctives lacking for the abuses which may enter in through an overdevelopment of self-interest.

Creating Capital |Frederick L. Lipman

overdevelop

/ (ˌəʊvədɪˈvɛləp) /

to develop too much or too far

photog to process (a film, plate, or print) in developer for more than the required time, at too great a concentration, etc

overdevelopment, noun