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- adjective
Depleted by excessivemining .
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Examples
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Two world wars, the abdication, the birth of socialism, feminism, fascism, Hollywood, package holidays, cornflakes – it's a rich seam, but possibly overmined, even by someone as engaging and well informed as Marr.
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I was very taken with Sold, the complicated production sleekly handled and the youthful-looking cast very impressive; but I was also aware that Fair Trade wasn't last year's only play about human trafficking, and that for regular Edinburgh returnees the subject might begin to feel overmined.
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This mining has overmined the planet and undermined humanity.
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This company transformed a common, overmined gem into our ultimate symbol of eternal love and romance.
First Comes Marriage Reva Seth 2008
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Seriously overmined belts may take a long time weeks? to replenish.
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The explosion of Praxis, overmined and under-caredfor, was actually the event that started the Klingon Empire on its inevitable path toward peace with the Federation.
Doors Into Chaos Robert Greenberger 2001
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Xu Xu, the chairman of the China Chamber of Commerce of Metals, Minerals and Chemicals Importers and Exporters, explains that he hopes "other countries would share the burden" of rare earth production after depending on China's overmined deposits for a decade.
unknown title 2011
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