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overassess

overassess verb: to assess too often.

Verb

overassess (third-person singular simple present overassesses, present participle overassessing, simple past and past participle overassessed)

  1. To assess too often.
  2. To give too large an assessment.

Forms of overassess

third-person singular presentoverassesses
present participleoverassessing
past participleoverassessed
pastoverassessed

Origin of overassess

From over- + assess.

Questions about overassess

What does overassess mean?
Overassess means to assess too often.
What part of speech is overassess?
Overassess is a verb.
What is the past tense of overassess?
The past tense of overassess is overassessed.

Words near overassess in the dictionary

  1. overassertions
  2. overassertive
  3. overassertively
  4. overassertiveness
  5. overasserts
  6. overassess
  7. overassessed
  8. overassesses
  9. overassessing
  10. overassessment
  11. overassessments

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