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comparative more overage, superlative most overage
Having an age that is greater than a stipulated minimum. examples
Too old to be of use in a particular situation. examples
third-person singular simple present overages, present participle overaging, simple past and past participle overaged
To have too long an aging process. quotations examples
The heat-treatable alloys may overage (soften) with time at temperature due to the coalescence of the precipitate particles which, when present in a smaller dispersed size, enhance roomtemperature strength.
1997, George Murray, Handbook of Materials Selection for Engineering Applications, page 92
Structures that have been precipitation hardened to peak values may overage, and steels that have been hardened and tempered may overtemper.
2013, Mahmoud M. Farag, Materials and Process Selection for Engineering Design
countable and uncountable, plural overages
A surplus of inventory or capacity or of cash that is greater than the amount in the record of an account. examples
A state of being more than one ought to be. examples
(property law) Any additional sums payable following the purchase of land, calculated on a prearranged basis, on the occurrence of certain specified events that are deemed to increase the value of that land; usually in the context of the development and further sale of that land. examples