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overdilute

overdilute verb: to dilute excessively.

Verb

overdilute (third-person singular simple present overdilutes, present participle overdiluting, simple past and past participle overdiluted)

  1. (transitive) To dilute excessively.
    • “We just wanted to be disciplined in our growth and not overdilute our valuation,” Mr. Liu said.2008 May 21, Dan Fost, “A Movement and a Market Converge at a Bank”, in New York Times

Forms of overdilute

third-person singular presentoverdilutes
present participleoverdiluting
past participleoverdiluted
pastoverdiluted

Origin of overdilute

From over- + dilute.

Questions about overdilute

What does overdilute mean?
Overdilute means to dilute excessively.
What part of speech is overdilute?
Overdilute is a verb.
What is the past tense of overdilute?
The past tense of overdilute is overdiluted.

Words near overdilute in the dictionary

  1. overdignity
  2. overdilation
  3. overdiligence
  4. overdiligent
  5. overdiligently
  6. overdilute
  7. overdiluted
  8. overdilutes
  9. overdiluting
  10. overdilution
  11. overdilutions

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