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Definition of overcapacity noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

overcapacity

noun

NAmE//ˌoʊvərkəˈpæsət̮i//

[uncountable, singular] (business)

the situation in which an industry or a factory cannot sell as much as it is designed to produce the problems of overcapacity in the car industry

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