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overconform

overconform verb: to conform to a greater extent than necessary or desirable.

Verb

overconform (third-person singular simple present overconforms, present participle overconforming, simple past and past participle overconformed)

  1. (intransitive) To conform to a greater extent than necessary or desirable.

Forms of overconform

third-person singular presentoverconforms
present participleoverconforming
past participleoverconformed
pastoverconformed

Origin of overconform

From over- + conform.

Questions about overconform

What does overconform mean?
Overconform means to conform to a greater extent than necessary or desirable.
What part of speech is overconform?
Overconform is a verb.
What is the past tense of overconform?
The past tense of overconform is overconformed.

Words near overconform in the dictionary

  1. overconfidently
  2. overconfiding
  3. overconfluence
  4. overconfluency
  5. overconfluent
  6. overconform
  7. overconformed
  8. overconforming
  9. overconforms
  10. overconnected
  11. overconnectedness

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