Overcultivate (Verb)
Meaning
To exhaust by excessive cultivation; "the farmers overcropped the land".
Classification
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing.
Examples
- The overly eager farmer ended up overcultivating the soil, causing erosion and poor yields.
- Continuous overcultivating of their once-fertile land led to a severe decline in crop quality and farmer income.
- The centuries of overcultivating by multiple generations eventually exhausted the land.
- Experts warned that overcultivating their land could damage its long-term fertility and sustainability.
- In their relentless pursuit of maximum profit, the large-scale farming operation began to overcultivate and deplete the land's natural resources.