On the other hand, it may have hindered the process of elimination of unprofitable mines, and therefore may be in some measure responsible for the present-day overdevelopment in the bituminous mining industry, which results in periodic unemployment and in idle mines.
"A History of Trade Unionism in the United States"
Selig Perlman
Jim showed his overdevelopment of the faculty, while the abused Thumper modestly sat still and grew.
"Red Saunders' Pets and Other Critters"
Henry Wallace Phillips