overbuild

About 0.01 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To perform excessive construction on a building or in an area.
2. verb To build over or on top of another structure.

   The architect wanted to overbuild the restaurant on top of an office.

3. verb To build with excessive size or elaboration.
4. verb To construct more buildings than necessary in an area.

Similar words

overbow overconstruct overload overreach overstructure overlade overdo overbind overcarry overmake

Often followed by

the and your in for capacity of a to

Word family

overbuilding overbuilds overbuilt