overcapacity
noun/ˌəʊvəkəˈpæsəti/
/ˌəʊvərkəˈpæsəti/
[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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