overcapacity
Exceeding maximum load
Overcapacity is the condition of having more production capacity than needed or than the market can absorb.
Industries with overcapacity face pressure to cut prices or shut down facilities: Steel overcapacity has driven down prices worldwide.
The term applies to manufacturing, shipping, energy, and other sectors where fixed assets sit underutilized.
Insufficiently put to work
- wastefulUsing resources carelessly
- idleWithout activity or purpose
- unproductiveFailing to achieve results
- misallocatedImproperly distributed or assigned
bloated · redundant · mismanaged · squandered · mothballed · write-off · deadweight · downsizing
Surplus beyond need
- oversupplyExcess beyond demand
- glutExcessive surplus
- overabundanceExcessive quantity beyond need
- surfeitExcessive quantity, often cloying
overstock · redundancy · overage · spare · unused · reserve · backlog · superabundance
Excessive property construction
- overinvestmentExcessive resource allocation
- boom-bustCyclical economic volatility
- contractionReduction in size
- retrenchmentReduction of expenditures
shakeout · oversaturation · overexpansion · bubble · correction · deflation · dumping · cutbacks
Filled to capacity
- congestedBlocked by overcrowding
- jammedUnable to move freely
- crampedUncomfortably lacking space
- overcrowdedFilled beyond capacity
overpopulated · standing-room-only · mobbed · thronged · heaving · sardined · overbooked · oversold
Carrying more than manageable
- overloadedBurdened past capacity
- overwhelmedDefeated by sheer volume
- overextendedBeyond sustainable capacity
- overtaxedBurdened beyond capacity
stretched · maxed-out · buckling · creaking · stressed · pressured · encumbered · overworked
underutilized
Insufficiently put to work
- wastefulUsing resources carelessly
- idleWithout activity or purpose
- unproductiveFailing to achieve results
misallocated · bloated · redundant · mismanaged · squandered · mothballed · write-off · deadweight · downsizing · layoffs
excess
Surplus beyond need
- oversupplyExcess beyond demand
- glutExcessive surplus
- overabundanceExcessive quantity beyond need
surfeit · overstock · redundancy · overage · spare · unused · reserve · backlog · superabundance · overshoot
overbuilding
Excessive property construction
- overinvestmentExcessive resource allocation
- boom-bustCyclical economic volatility
- contractionReduction in size
retrenchment · shakeout · oversaturation · overexpansion · bubble · correction · deflation · dumping · cutbacks
packed
Filled to capacity
overcrowded · overpopulated · standing-room-only · mobbed · thronged · heaving · sardined · overbooked · oversold · bursting
overburdened
Carrying more than manageable
- overloadedBurdened past capacity
- overwhelmedDefeated by sheer volume
- overextendedBeyond sustainable capacity
overtaxed · stretched · maxed-out · buckling · creaking · stressed · pressured · encumbered · overworked · saturated
- excessexcess, too much, excessive, excessiveness, overabundance
- market imbalancesshortage, surplus, glut, scarcity, oversupply
- overbuildingoversupply, sprawl, condos, ghost towns, speculation
- economic follyspeculation, bubble, mania, bust, crash
- surplus termssurplus, excess, glut, oversupply, overflow
overcapacityshortage
Deficient supply of necessities
scarcity · undersupply · bottleneck · supply shortage · underproduction
overcapacityundersupply
Inadequate provision of goods
supply shortage · seller's market · supply crunch · rationing · waiting lists
capacity, capability, capacious, incapacity, capacities, incapacitate, capacitor, incapacities, capacitate