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overaddressing

overaddressing is the present participle and gerund of overaddress.

Meaning of overaddress

Verb

overaddress (third-person singular simple present overaddresses, present participle overaddressing, simple past and past participle overaddressed)

  1. (transitive) To address to an excessive degree.
    • Secondary problems have been overaddressed, but we should be focusing on the main issues.

Questions about overaddressing

What is overaddressing the present participle and gerund of?
Overaddressing is the present participle and gerund of overaddress.

Words near overaddressing in the dictionary

  1. overaddiction
  2. overadditive
  3. overaddress
  4. overaddressed
  5. overaddresses
  6. overaddressing
  7. overadduction
  8. overadjectived
  9. overadjust
  10. overadjusted
  11. overadjusting

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