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overencumbered

overencumbered is the simple past and past participle of overencumber.

Meaning of overencumber

Verb

overencumber (third-person singular simple present overencumbers, present participle overencumbering, simple past and past participle overencumbered)

  1. (transitive) To encumber excessively.
    • But so as not to overencumber the narrative, I have addressed a number of important issues of interpretation in the notes to the chapters that constitute Part I.1987, Laurence Winant Dickey, Hegel: Religion, Economics, and the Politics of Spirit, 1770-1807, page xiii
    Synonyms:
    overburden, overload

Questions about overencumbered

What is overencumbered the simple past and past participle of?
Overencumbered is the simple past and past participle of overencumber.

Words near overencumbered in the dictionary

  1. overencouraged
  2. overencouragement
  3. overencourages
  4. overencouraging
  5. overencumber
  6. overencumbered
  7. overencumbering
  8. overencumbers
  9. overencumbrance
  10. overencumbrances
  11. Overend

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