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overaccelerated

overaccelerated is the simple past and past participle of overaccelerate.

Meaning of overaccelerate

Verb

overaccelerate (third-person singular simple present overaccelerates, present participle overaccelerating, simple past and past participle overaccelerated)

  1. (ambitransitive) To accelerate too much.
    • At the same time, all that virtual togetherness may overaccelerate a courtship.2009 June 28, Peggy Orenstein, “The Overextended Family”, in New York Times

Questions about overaccelerated

What is overaccelerated the simple past and past participle of?
Overaccelerated is the simple past and past participle of overaccelerate.

Words near overaccelerated in the dictionary

  1. overabuse
  2. overabused
  3. overabuses
  4. overabusing
  5. overaccelerate
  6. overaccelerated
  7. overaccelerates
  8. overaccelerating
  9. overacceleration
  10. overaccent
  11. overaccented

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