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overadjustment

overadjustment noun: excessive adjustment.

Noun

overadjustment (countable and uncountable, plural overadjustments)

  1. excessive adjustment
    • These CD4 T cell-related variables were associated with ethnicity and were excluded from the initial model, to prevent overadjustment.2015 December 10, “Gag-Specific CD4 and CD8 T-Cell Proliferation in Adolescents and Young Adults with Perinatally Acquired HIV-1 Infection Is Associated with Ethnicity — The ANRS-EP38-IMMIP Study”...

Forms of overadjustment

pluraloveradjustments

Origin of overadjustment

From over- + adjustment.

Questions about overadjustment

What does overadjustment mean?
Overadjustment means excessive adjustment.
What part of speech is overadjustment?
Overadjustment is a noun.
What is the plural of overadjustment?
The plural of overadjustment is overadjustments.

Words near overadjustment in the dictionary

  1. overadduction
  2. overadjectived
  3. overadjust
  4. overadjusted
  5. overadjusting
  6. overadjustment
  7. overadjustments
  8. overadjusts
  9. overadminister
  10. overadministration
  11. overadoration

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