Meaning & use
Overharvested
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Gathered or extracted a natural resource at a rate faster than it can replenish, causing depletion.
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The region's cod stocks were overharvested to near collapse by the 1990s.
Wild ginseng has been overharvested in many parts of Appalachia.
A note on using this word
Common in environmental and conservation writing to describe unsustainable fishing, logging, or foraging practices.
Words with a similar meaning
depletedoverfished
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Words with an opposite meaning
conservedreplenished
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