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overcare

overcare verb: to care too much.

Verb

overcare (third-person singular simple present overcares, present participle overcaring, simple past and past participle overcared)

  1. (intransitive) To care too much.

Forms of overcare

third-person singular presentovercares
present participleovercaring
past participleovercared
pastovercared

Origin of overcare

From over- + care.

Questions about overcare

What does overcare mean?
Overcare means to care too much.
What part of speech is overcare?
Overcare is a verb.
What is the past tense of overcare?
The past tense of overcare is overcared.

Words near overcare in the dictionary

  1. overcapitalizes
  2. overcapitalizing
  3. overcaptious
  4. overcard
  5. overcards
  6. overcare
  7. overcared
  8. overcareful
  9. overcarefully
  10. overcarefulness
  11. overcareless

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