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overcompress

overcompress verb: to compress too much.

Verb

overcompress (third-person singular simple present overcompresses, present participle overcompressing, simple past and past participle overcompressed)

  1. (transitive) To compress too much.

Forms of overcompress

third-person singular presentovercompresses
present participleovercompressing
past participleovercompressed
pastovercompressed

Origin of overcompress

From over- + compress.

Questions about overcompress

What does overcompress mean?
Overcompress means to compress too much.
What part of speech is overcompress?
Overcompress is a verb.
What is the past tense of overcompress?
The past tense of overcompress is overcompressed.

Words near overcompress in the dictionary

  1. overcomplimentary
  2. overcomplimented
  3. overcomplimenting
  4. overcompliments
  5. overcomposed
  6. overcompress
  7. overcompressed
  8. overcompresses
  9. overcompressing
  10. overcompression
  11. overconcentrate

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