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surinvestissement

French → English

noun//sy.ʁɛ̃.vɛs.tis.mɑ̃//

(finance) Over-investment: excessive spending of capital into a business project beyond its actual market value.

Le surinvestissement dans le secteur technologique a fini par créer une bulle spéculative dangereuse.

(English) Over-investment in the tech sector ended up creating a dangerous speculative bubble.

L'entreprise a fait faillite à cause d'un surinvestissement massif dans des usines qui ne tournaient pas.

(English) The company went bankrupt because of massive over-investment in factories that weren't running.

noun//sy.ʁɛ̃.vɛs.tis.mɑ̃//

(psychology) Over-involvement: the act of dedicating an excessive and unhealthy amount of effort to a single activity.

Le surinvestissement professionnel peut mener au burn-out si l'on ne garde pas de temps pour soi.

(English) Professional over-involvement can lead to burnout if one does not save time for oneself.

On observe souvent un surinvestissement scolaire chez les enfants qui veulent absolument plaire à leurs parents.

(English) Academic over-involvement is often observed in children who desperately want to please their parents.

Entry ID: fr:en:surinvestissement · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary