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overbossing

overbossing is the present participle and gerund of overboss.

Meaning of overboss

Verb

overboss (third-person singular simple present overbosses, present participle overbossing, simple past and past participle overbossed)

  1. To micromanage.
    • Those who refuse to take responsibility argue that what ails people is that they are, or have been, overbossed, and not left enough on their own to develop their natural good nature.1953, Rhoda Kellogg, Babies need fathers, too, page 191

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Questions about overbossing

What is overbossing the present participle and gerund of?
Overbossing is the present participle and gerund of overboss.

Words near overbossing in the dictionary

  1. overborrowing
  2. overborrows
  3. overboss
  4. overbossed
  5. overbosses
  6. overbossing
  7. overbossy
  8. overbought
  9. overbound
  10. overbounded
  11. overbounding

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Adapted from Wiktionary: overbossing (page history and authors); overboss (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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