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overapologize

overapologize verb: to apologize excessively.

Verb

overapologize (third-person singular simple present overapologizes, present participle overapologizing, simple past and past participle overapologized)

  1. (intransitive) To apologize excessively.

Forms of overapologize

third-person singular presentoverapologizes
present participleoverapologizing
past participleoverapologized
pastoverapologized

Origin of overapologize

From over- + apologize.

Questions about overapologize

What does overapologize mean?
Overapologize means to apologize excessively.
What part of speech is overapologize?
Overapologize is a verb.
What is the past tense of overapologize?
The past tense of overapologize is overapologized.

Words near overapologize in the dictionary

  1. overapologies
  2. overapologise
  3. overapologised
  4. overapologises
  5. overapologising
  6. overapologize
  7. overapologized
  8. overapologizes
  9. overapologizing
  10. overapology
  11. overapplication

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