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overbuying

overbuying is the present participle and gerund of overbuy.

Meaning of overbuy

Verb

overbuy (third-person singular simple present overbuys, present participle overbuying, simple past and past participle overbought)

  1. To buy excessively, especially to buy more than one needs or can afford.
  2. To buy at an inflated price.

Questions about overbuying

What is overbuying the present participle and gerund of?
Overbuying is the present participle and gerund of overbuy.

Words near overbuying in the dictionary

  1. overbutter
  2. overbuttered
  3. overbuttering
  4. overbutters
  5. overbuy
  6. overbuying
  7. overbuys
  8. overby
  9. Overbye
  10. Overbys
  11. overcaffeinate

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Adapted from Wiktionary: overbuying (page history and authors); overbuy (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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