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overeducating

overeducating is the present participle and gerund of overeducate.

Meaning of overeducate

Verb

overeducate (third-person singular simple present overeducates, present participle overeducating, simple past and past participle overeducated)

  1. To educate too much.
    • You cannot overeducate the man you place in charge of a steam engine on board of a ship, and on whose judgment and skill a thousand valuable lives, to say nothing of property, may depend.1876, F. Colburn Adams, High Old Salts, page 12

Forms of overeducating

alternative formover-educating

Questions about overeducating

What is overeducating the present participle and gerund of?
Overeducating is the present participle and gerund of overeducate.

Words near overeducating in the dictionary

  1. overediting
  2. overedits
  3. overeducate
  4. overeducated
  5. overeducates
  6. overeducating
  7. overeducation
  8. overeffusive
  9. overeffusively
  10. overeffusiveness
  11. overegg

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