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OVERSHOOT AND COLLAPSE Definition & Legal Meaning

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Activity that occurs when feedback or corrective action is delayed or poor. Most evident in the collapse of economic cycles and social units, when natural resources are exhausted and when an ecosystem can no longer absorb waste products.

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