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overcapacitated

overcapacitated is the simple past and past participle of overcapacitate.

Meaning of overcapacitate

Verb

overcapacitate (third-person singular simple present overcapacitates, present participle overcapacitating, simple past and past participle overcapacitated)

  1. (transitive) To exhaust the capacity of.
    • It is a very flat town, and this storm overcapacitated the storm drainage in the city and, believe you me, it put Salina under water.1951, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations, Hearings, page 1013

Questions about overcapacitated

What is overcapacitated the simple past and past participle of?
Overcapacitated is the simple past and past participle of overcapacitate.

Words near overcapacitated in the dictionary

  1. overcanopy
  2. overcanopying
  3. overcanvassed
  4. overcapable
  5. overcapacitate
  6. overcapacitated
  7. overcapacitates
  8. overcapacitating
  9. overcapacities
  10. overcapacity
  11. overcapitalisation

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