1. Plural of overbuilding; structures or buildings constructed in excess of actual demand or need.
Usage: Often used in real estate and urban planning contexts to describe surplus construction.
2. The act or process of building excessively or beyond what is necessary or economically justified.
Usage: Used as a gerund noun in economic and development discussions.

Examples

• The city's overbuildings in the commercial sector led to numerous vacant office spaces.
• Real estate analysts warned that overbuildings would eventually depress property values.
• The developer's overbuildings of residential units created a glut in the housing market.
• Economic downturns often follow periods of overbuildings in the construction industry.
• Urban planners criticized the overbuildings as wasteful and unsustainable.
• The overbuildings of shopping centers in the 1990s resulted in many abandoned malls today.