overboom

English

Etymology

over- +‎ boom

Verb

overboom (third-person singular simple present overbooms, present participle overbooming, simple past and past participle overboomed)

1. (transitive) To grow or progress too quickly, resulting in the crash of (something).
   • 1909, Malton-Colony: Sacramento Valley California, page 5:

     Its various resources are so vast that there is no possibility of overbooming the country. There is now a limitless demand for people of at least average intelligence and industry and with some money with which to get a fair start.

   • 1921, Leather & Shoes, volume 62, page 75:

     There is always a possibility that too much competition will result in overbooming the market, and result in a break, which will set things down for a time.

   • 1956, Steel, volume 138, page 102:

     Are we in danger of overbooming the boom? There are good reasons to believe that we are making good progress toward depression-proofing the economy.