SINCE 1828
overmine
verb
over·mine
| \ ˌō-vər-ˈmīn
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overmined;
overmining
Definition of overmine
: to mine (an area or resource) excessively and often to depletion
overmining a mineral an overmined region overmined quarries Still not satisfied, in the mid-1970s Consolidated Diamond Mines began to overmine in order to extract as much as possible as a hedge against the uncertainties of independence.— Denis Herbstein and John A. Evenson
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