sovraesposizione

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Italian

Etymology

From sovra- +‎ esposizione.

Noun

sovraesposizione f (plural sovraesposizioni)

  1. (also photography) overexposure
    • 2020, Barack Obama, chapter 12, in Chicca Galli, Paolo Lucca, Giuseppe Maugeri, transl., Una terra promessa [A Promised Land], Garzanti Libri:
      Peggio ancora, una grossa fetta di questi bonus sarebbe andata alla divisione direttamente responsabile della sovraesposizione del gigante assicurativo nel settore dei derivati subprime.
      Worse yet, a big chunk of the bonuses would go to the division directly responsible for leaving the insurance giant wildly overexposed in the subprime derivative business.
      (literally, “Worse yet, a big slice of these bonuses would have gone to the division directly responsible for the overexposure of the insurance giant in the subprime derivatives sector.”)