What's the difference between overbuild and overbuilt?
Overbuild
Definition:
(v. t.) To build over.
(v. t.) To build too much; to build beyond the demand.
Example Sentences:
(1) This constitutes a massive, absolutely massive, hit on consumers and jobs, because to move to 50% ... by 2030 will mean a massive bill, perhaps $60bn or more ... this massive and unnecessary commitment to renewables which will cause a massive overbuild of windfarms, all of which has to be paid for by consumers,” Abbott said.
(2) Sir Richard Stagg, the UK's ambassador in Afghanistan, told the Guardian the overbuilding had been caused by a desire to show the Afghans "we were serious" about helping them.
(3) The prime minister also labelled Labor’s promise to source 50% of electricity from renewables by 2030 “bizarre” and “unnecessary”, said it would cause “a massive overbuild in windfarms” and claimed it could cost “$60bn or more”.
Overbuilt
Definition:
(a.) Having too many buildings; as, an overbuilt part of a town.
Example Sentences:
(1) Proximal contacts were overbuilt at 65% of sites and pontic tissue contacts were excessive in all but one bridge.
(2) Pulmonary diffusion capacity and at least some aspects of respiratory muscle function seem to be "overbuilt" in the young untrained adult.
(3) Sometimes communities that have lost population and have overbuilt roads give some of that space to bicycles”.
(4) I don’t think we’re anywhere near overbuilt,” she said.