1. harvested excessively or beyond sustainable levels
Usage: environmental science; agriculture

Examples

• The overharvested forest showed signs of severe ecological damage.
• Many fish populations have become overharvested due to commercial fishing.
• The overharvested farmland could no longer support healthy crop growth.
• Scientists warned that the overharvested species might face extinction.
• Regulations were implemented to prevent overharvested areas from further decline.
• The overharvested timber region required decades to recover.