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overdiscourage

overdiscourage verb: to discourage excessively.

Verb

overdiscourage (third-person singular simple present overdiscourages, present participle overdiscouraging, simple past and past participle overdiscouraged)

  1. (transitive) To discourage excessively.

Forms of overdiscourage

third-person singular presentoverdiscourages
present participleoverdiscouraging
past participleoverdiscouraged
pastoverdiscouraged

Origin of overdiscourage

From over- + discourage.

Questions about overdiscourage

What does overdiscourage mean?
Overdiscourage means to discourage excessively.
What part of speech is overdiscourage?
Overdiscourage is a verb.
What is the past tense of overdiscourage?
The past tense of overdiscourage is overdiscouraged.

Words near overdiscourage in the dictionary

  1. overdisclosure
  2. overdiscount
  3. overdiscounted
  4. overdiscounting
  5. overdiscounts
  6. overdiscourage
  7. overdiscouraged
  8. overdiscourages
  9. overdiscouraging
  10. overdiscuss
  11. overdiscussed

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