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overallocate

overallocate verb: to allocate too much of.

Verb

overallocate (third-person singular simple present overallocates, present participle overallocating, simple past and past participle overallocated)

  1. (transitive) To allocate too much of.

Forms of overallocate

third-person singular presentoverallocates
present participleoverallocating
past participleoverallocated
pastoverallocated

Origin of overallocate

From over- + allocate.

Questions about overallocate

What does overallocate mean?
Overallocate means to allocate too much of.
What part of speech is overallocate?
Overallocate is a verb.
What is the past tense of overallocate?
The past tense of overallocate is overallocated.

Words near overallocate in the dictionary

  1. overaligns
  2. overalkylation
  3. overalkylations
  4. overall
  5. overalled
  6. overallocate
  7. overallocated
  8. overallocates
  9. overallocating
  10. overallocation
  11. overallotment

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