adjective
- having been cultivated too intensively or excessively, resulting in soil depletion or reduced fertility
Usage: agricultural
Examples
- The overcropped fields produced smaller harvests each year.
- Farmers are learning to avoid overcropped soil through crop rotation.
- The overcropped land needed several seasons to recover its nutrients.
- Environmental scientists warned against leaving fields overcropped.
- The overcropped area showed signs of serious erosion.
- Sustainable farming practices can prevent overcropped conditions.