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overcompartmentalizing

overcompartmentalizing is the present participle and gerund of overcompartmentalize.

Meaning of overcompartmentalize

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.

Questions about overcompartmentalizing

What is overcompartmentalizing the present participle and gerund of?
Overcompartmentalizing is the present participle and gerund of overcompartmentalize.

Words near overcompartmentalizing in the dictionary

  1. overcompaction
  2. overcompartmentalization
  3. overcompartmentalize
  4. overcompartmentalized
  5. overcompartmentalizes
  6. overcompartmentalizing
  7. overcompassionate
  8. overcompensate
  9. overcompensated
  10. overcompensates
  11. overcompensating

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