overexploitation
Excessive and damaging exploitationExcessive and damaging exploitation.
» Let us spare the Chilean fishermen the overexploitation of resources that has already destroyed European fishing grounds.
Wir sollten den chilenischen Fischern diese übermäßige Ausbeutung ihrer Bestände ersparen, welche die europäischen Fischereigründe leergefegt hat.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable, usually)Excessive and damaging exploitation.
Near-synonyms: overuse, overutilization
The overexploitation of forests left the island nearly denuded of trees.
Raubbau
надмірне використанняnadmirne vykorystannja, перевикористанняperevykorystannja
exploitation to the point of diminishing returns
Examples
1 sentencesLet us spare the Chilean fishermen the overexploitation of resources that has already destroyed European fishing grounds.
deWir sollten den chilenischen Fischern diese übermäßige Ausbeutung ihrer Bestände ersparen, welche die europäischen Fischereigründe leergefegt hat. — frpzzd
Translations
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Origin
By surface analysis, over- + exploitation, or, by surface analysis, overexploit + -ation.By surface analysis, over- + exploitation, or, by surface analysis, overexploit + -ation.
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Forms
plural: overexploitationsSynonyms
3 synonyms- exploitation to the point of diminishing returns:overuseoverutilizationoverutilisation
Antonyms
3 antonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable