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overcompartmentalize

overcompartmentalize verb: to compartmentalize more than is suitable or necessary.

Verb

overcompartmentalize (third-person singular simple present overcompartmentalizes, present participle overcompartmentalizing, simple past and past participle overcompartmentalized)

  1. (transitive) To compartmentalize more than is suitable or necessary.

Synonyms of overcompartmentalize

Forms of overcompartmentalize

third-person singular presentovercompartmentalizes
present participleovercompartmentalizing
past participleovercompartmentalized
pastovercompartmentalized

Origin of overcompartmentalize

From over- + compartmentalize.

Questions about overcompartmentalize

What does overcompartmentalize mean?
Overcompartmentalize means to compartmentalize more than is suitable or necessary.
What part of speech is overcompartmentalize?
Overcompartmentalize is a verb.
What is the past tense of overcompartmentalize?
The past tense of overcompartmentalize is overcompartmentalized.

Words near overcompartmentalize in the dictionary

  1. overcommunicates
  2. overcommunicating
  3. overcommunication
  4. overcompaction
  5. overcompartmentalization
  6. overcompartmentalize
  7. overcompartmentalized
  8. overcompartmentalizes
  9. overcompartmentalizing
  10. overcompassionate
  11. overcompensate

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