overcapacity
nounEtymology From over- + capacity.
1
A capacity for the production of a commodity or product that is in excess of what is needed.
- In 1959, Ernest Marples became the new Minister of Transport. His business career had been as a road builder and he saw the future in a network of motorways, whereas he believed there was serious overcapacity in the railway network.2023 March 8, David Clough, “The long road that led to Beeching”, in RAIL, number 978, page 43:
- Related terms
- glut, overproduction, overstock, oversupply