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overcapitalized

overcapitalized is the simple past and past participle of overcapitalize.

Meaning of overcapitalize

Verb

overcapitalize (third-person singular simple present overcapitalizes, present participle overcapitalizing, simple past and past participle overcapitalized)

  1. (transitive) to estimate the value of a company, stock etc too highly
  2. (transitive) to capitalize a business beyond a sustainable level

Adjective

overcapitalized (comparative more overcapitalized, superlative most overcapitalized)

  1. Having excess capital.

Forms of overcapitalized

Verb
alternative formovercapitalised
Adjective
comparativemore overcapitalized
superlativemost overcapitalized

Questions about overcapitalized

What does overcapitalized mean?
Overcapitalized means having excess capital.
What is overcapitalized the simple past and past participle of?
Overcapitalized is the simple past and past participle of overcapitalize.
What part of speech is overcapitalized?
Overcapitalized is an adjective.

Words near overcapitalized in the dictionary

  1. overcapitalisations
  2. overcapitalised
  3. overcapitalization
  4. overcapitalizations
  5. overcapitalize
  6. overcapitalized
  7. overcapitalizes
  8. overcapitalizing
  9. overcaptious
  10. overcard
  11. overcards

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Adapted from Wiktionary: overcapitalized (page history and authors); overcapitalize (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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