1. the practice of cultivating land excessively or beyond its sustainable capacity, often resulting in soil depletion and environmental degradation
Usage: commonly used in agricultural and environmental contexts

Examples

• Overcultivation of the prairie led to severe soil erosion in the 1930s.
• The region suffered from overcultivation, which depleted nutrients from the topsoil.
• Farmers were warned that overcultivation would make the land infertile within a decade.
• Overcultivation without proper rest periods has damaged agricultural productivity in many developing nations.
• The environmental report highlighted overcultivation as a major cause of desertification.