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Meaning of overconcentration | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

Excessive concentration.

Examples

“The great defect of the sophistic approach to “legislation” is precisely its overconcentration on laws as such—that is, laws abstracted from the context of the regime. Legislation is not easy because cities differ in fundamental ways and because they give rise to a variety of regimes with fundamentally different requirements.”
“In a letter dated April 9, 1909, all establishments licensed for the propagation and sale of diphtheria antitoxin were also informed of the presence of high total solids, and that the matter was brought to their attention as it seemed advisable to avoid overconcentration of diphtheria antitoxin and other serums which may bring about untoward local symptoms and loss of therapeutic efficiency.”
“Mr. Morgan's statement that he welcomes the change in public sentiment which permits him and his associates to shake off such burdens and to contract their activities on corporation boards is directly in harmony with the fact often overlooked, that the overconcentration of credit of which the public has justly complained was not planned deliberately, out was really an unconscious growth.”
“In the West a large mining company uses blue glass lamps overconcentration tables as this light assists in bringing out the line between the zinc and iron ore.”
“Further, he should be kept from spending more time on his business than the codes allow his underlings. Presumably we are entering an age when the philosophy of work for work's sake is to be discarded or radically altered. It will not do to have our business leaders setting a bad example of long hours and overconcentration for younger men. If they found it impossible to manage their affairs in the restricted time, other men would doubtless be willing to take on the status of business leaders to help.”
“Like almost all pieces of legislation, the HDI Scheme had its imperfections—for example, the English, Scottish and Wales Tourist Boards, which had the task of administering the scheme, had absolutely no discretion as to where new hotels should be sited. Also, the scheme took no account of such factors as the distribution of capacity to encourage traffic dispersal— nor, indeed, of differing rates of expected tourism growth. Perhaps we should have had differing rates of grant to encourage greater dispersal of development throughout the country and to avoid overconcentration in city centres?”
“These responses have rightfully placed the accent on women, children, and sometimes the disabled or rural residents as victims, but they have tended to neglect the implications arising from the overconcentration of males in violent victimization and perpetration.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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