overdevelop

ˌoʊvərdɪˈvɛləp

Definition

Definition of overdevelop - Reverso English Dictionary

Verb

excess growth

tr./intr.

Rare

develop to an excessive degree

tr./intr.

Rare

The city planners overdevelop the downtown area.

overbuild

overextend

overproduce

photography

tr.

Dated

process film for too long

tr.

Dated

She accidentally overdeveloped the film in the darkroom.

overexpose

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Origin of overdevelop

English, over + develop (unfold)

Examples of overdevelop in a sentence

The director tends to overdevelop characters in his films.
The technician overdeveloped the negatives, ruining the batch.
If you overdevelop the film, the images will be too dark.

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French:surdévelopper, trop développer, ...
German:überentwickeln, zu lange entwickeln, ...
Italian:sviluppare eccessivamente, sovrasviluppare, ...
Spanish:sobredesarrollar, sobreprocesar, ...
Portuguese:desenvolver em excesso, revelar em excesso, ...
Chinese:过度开发, 过度显影, ...
Japanese:過度に開発する, 長時間現像する, ...
Arabic:طَوَّرَ بِشَكْلٍ مُفْرِط, أَفْرَطَ فِي تَحْمِيضِ الفِيلْم, ...
Hebrew:לְפַתֵּחַ יֶתֶר עַל הַמִּדָּה, לְהַרְחִיב פִּתּוּחַ, ...
Russian:чрезмерно застраивать, передержать, ...
Ukrainian:перебудувати, перетримати, ...
Hindi:अत्यधिक विकसित करना, अधिक समय तक प्रोसेस करना, ...
Bengali:অতিরিক্ত উন্নয়ন করা, বেশি সময় ধরে প্রক্রিয়া করা, ...
Catalan:desenvolupar en excés, sobreexposar, ...
Czech:předimenzovat, převyvolat, ...
Danish:overudvikle, overfremkalde, ...
Dutch:overontwikkelen, te lang ontwikkelen, ...
Greek:υπεραναπτύσσω, υπερεπεξεργάζομαι, ...
Hungarian:túlfejleszteni, túlhívni, ...
Khmer:អភិវឌ្ឍហួសកម្រិត, លាងហ្វីលរូបយូរពេក, ...
Korean:과도하게 개발하다, 너무 오래 현상하다, ...
Persian:بیش از حد توسعه داد, بیش از حد ظاهر کرد, ...
Polish:przebudować, przeprocesować film za długo, ...
Portuguese (BR):desenvolver em excesso, revelar em excesso, ...
Romanian:a dezvolta excesiv, a developa excesiv, ...
Swedish:överexploatera, överframkalla, ...
Thai:พัฒนาเกินขนาด, ล้างฟิล์มนานเกินไป, ...
Turkish:aşırı geliştirmek, fazla banyo etmek, ...
Vietnamese:phát triển quá mức, rửa phim quá lâu, ...

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