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over-index

over-index is the alternative spelling of overindex.

Meaning of overindex

Verb

overindex (third-person singular simple present overindexes, present participle overindexing, simple past and past participle overindexed)

  1. (transitive) To attempt to access an element beyond the bounds of (an array).
  2. (figuratively) To overweight; to overemphasize.
    • Right now our society is way over-indexed on rewarding success and we don’t do nearly enough to make it easy for everyone to take lots of shots.2017 May 25, Mark Zuckerberg, “Mark Zuckerberg’s Commencement address at Harvard”, in The Harvard Gazette, archived from the original on 26 May 2017

Forms of over-index

third-person singular presentover-indexes
present participleover-indexing
past participleover-indexed
pastover-indexed

Questions about over-index

What is over-index the alternative spelling of?
Over-index is the alternative spelling of overindex.

Words near over-index in the dictionary

  1. over-hired
  2. over-hires
  3. over-hiring
  4. over-illumination
  5. over-indebtedness
  6. over-index
  7. over-indexed
  8. over-indexes
  9. over-indexing
  10. over-indulge
  11. over-indulged

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Adapted from Wiktionary: over-index (page history and authors); overindex (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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