Definition of overmine
overmined;
overmining
transitive + intransitive
: 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
