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overcapacitating

overcapacitating is the present participle and gerund 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 overcapacitating

What is overcapacitating the present participle and gerund of?
Overcapacitating is the present participle and gerund of overcapacitate.

Words near overcapacitating in the dictionary

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

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