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overconstrain

overconstrain verb: to apply excessive constraints (to).

Verb

overconstrain (third-person singular simple present overconstrains, present participle overconstraining, simple past and past participle overconstrained)

  1. To apply excessive constraints (to).
    Antonyms:
    underconstrain

Antonyms of overconstrain

Forms of overconstrain

third-person singular presentoverconstrains
present participleoverconstraining
past participleoverconstrained
pastoverconstrained

Origin of overconstrain

From over- + constrain.

Questions about overconstrain

What does overconstrain mean?
Overconstrain means to apply excessive constraints (to).
What part of speech is overconstrain?
Overconstrain is a verb.
What is the past tense of overconstrain?
The past tense of overconstrain is overconstrained.

Words near overconstrain in the dictionary

  1. overconsolidation
  2. overconsolidations
  3. overconstancy
  4. overconstitutional
  5. overconstitutionalized
  6. overconstrain
  7. overconstrained
  8. overconstraining
  9. overconstrains
  10. overconstruct
  11. overconstructed

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