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overadjust

overadjust verb: to adjust excessively or too precisely.

Verb

overadjust (third-person singular simple present overadjusts, present participle overadjusting, simple past and past participle overadjusted)

  1. (transitive) To adjust excessively or too precisely.

Forms of overadjust

third-person singular presentoveradjusts
present participleoveradjusting
past participleoveradjusted
pastoveradjusted

Origin of overadjust

From over- + adjust.

Questions about overadjust

What does overadjust mean?
Overadjust means to adjust excessively or too precisely.
What part of speech is overadjust?
Overadjust is a verb.
What is the past tense of overadjust?
The past tense of overadjust is overadjusted.

Words near overadjust in the dictionary

  1. overaddressed
  2. overaddresses
  3. overaddressing
  4. overadduction
  5. overadjectived
  6. overadjust
  7. overadjusted
  8. overadjusting
  9. overadjustment
  10. overadjustments
  11. overadjusts

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