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overcontrolled

overcontrolled is the simple past and past participle of overcontrol.

Meaning of overcontrol

Verb

overcontrol (third-person singular simple present overcontrols, present participle overcontrolling, simple past and past participle overcontrolled)

  1. (transitive) To control to too great a degree.
    • She’s not fancy or overcontrolled: she sounds relaxed but alert, and a slight nasal flatness in her voice humanizes her, makes her touch the ground.2007 January 8, The New York Times, “New CDs”, in New York Times

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Questions about overcontrolled

What is overcontrolled the simple past and past participle of?
Overcontrolled is the simple past and past participle of overcontrol.

Words near overcontrolled in the dictionary

  1. overcontributes
  2. overcontributing
  3. overcontribution
  4. overcontributions
  5. overcontrol
  6. overcontrolled
  7. overcontroller
  8. overcontrollers
  9. overcontrolling
  10. overcontrols
  11. overconvenient

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