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overdocument

overdocument verb: to document something in greater detail than necessary.

Verb

overdocument (third-person singular simple present overdocuments, present participle overdocumenting, simple past and past participle overdocumented)

  1. (transitive) To document something in greater detail than necessary.
    • It is better to overdocument than not; thus, always err on the side of caution and overdocument. It is not an insult to a cyber forensic investigator to be called thorough, careful, meticulous, or methodical; […]2012, Albert J. Marcella, Jr.; Frederic Guillossou, Cyber Forensics: From Data to Digital Evidence, page 279

Forms of overdocument

third-person singular presentoverdocuments
present participleoverdocumenting
past participleoverdocumented
pastoverdocumented

Origin of overdocument

From over- + document.

Questions about overdocument

What does overdocument mean?
Overdocument means to document something in greater detail than necessary.
What part of speech is overdocument?
Overdocument is a verb.
What is the past tense of overdocument?
The past tense of overdocument is overdocumented.

Words near overdocument in the dictionary

  1. overdivides
  2. overdividing
  3. overdivision
  4. overdivisions
  5. overdo
  6. overdocument
  7. overdocumentation
  8. overdocumented
  9. overdocumenting
  10. overdocuments
  11. overdoer

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