overadminister
overadminister verb: to excessively administer, to manage or control too much.
Verb
overadminister (third-person singular simple present overadministers, present participle overadministering, simple past and past participle overadministered)
- To excessively administer, to manage or control too much.
- They overadminister everything from the curriculum to the color of paint on the walls.2014 July 19, Tony Caravan, The Non-Conformist: Anthology, Tony Caravan, →ISBN, page 51
- To administer too much, to apply or dole out too much.
- One must be careful not to overtransfuse or overadminister since negative pressure is applied to all line attachments to the CVR.2015 June 2, Gregory S. Matte, Perfusion for Congenital Heart Surgery: Notes on Cardiopulmonary Bypass for a Complex Patient Population, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 62
Forms of overadminister
| third-person singular present | overadministers |
|---|---|
| present participle | overadministering |
| past participle | overadministered |
| past | overadministered |
Origin of overadminister
From over- + administer.
Questions about overadminister
- What does overadminister mean?
- Overadminister means to excessively administer, to manage or control too much.
- What part of speech is overadminister?
- Overadminister is a verb.
- What is the past tense of overadminister?
- The past tense of overadminister is overadministered.
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