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overconsolidate

overconsolidate verb: to consolidate too much.

Verb

overconsolidate (third-person singular simple present overconsolidates, present participle overconsolidating, simple past and past participle overconsolidated)

  1. To consolidate too much.
    • Often they will overconsolidate the recontoured surface, creating compacted soils unsuitable for seed beds.1987, Kenneth N. Weaver, Setting Priorities for Abandoned Mine Land Research, page 65
    • Resist the temptation to overconsolidate—that is, avoid lumping lots of ideas under one subject.2009, Harvard Business Review, Executing Strategy, →ISBN, page 20

Forms of overconsolidate

third-person singular presentoverconsolidates
present participleoverconsolidating
past participleoverconsolidated
pastoverconsolidated

Origin of overconsolidate

From over- + consolidate.

Questions about overconsolidate

What does overconsolidate mean?
Overconsolidate means to consolidate too much.
What part of speech is overconsolidate?
Overconsolidate is a verb.
What is the past tense of overconsolidate?
The past tense of overconsolidate is overconsolidated.

Words near overconsolidate in the dictionary

  1. overconsideration
  2. overconsiderations
  3. overconsidered
  4. overconsidering
  5. overconsiders
  6. overconsolidate
  7. overconsolidated
  8. overconsolidates
  9. overconsolidating
  10. overconsolidation
  11. overconsolidations

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