overenunciate
overenunciate verb: to enunciate too strongly.
Verb
overenunciate (third-person singular simple present overenunciates, present participle overenunciating, simple past and past participle overenunciated)
- To enunciate too strongly.
- He’s always been far more interesting rhythmically than lyrically, but here his tendency to overenunciate, an accommodation that makes him more palatable to foreign ears, holds him back.2009 August 20, Jon Caramanica, “In a Time of Daggers, a Reggae Artist Shows a Benign Side”, in New York Times
Forms of overenunciate
| third-person singular present | overenunciates |
|---|---|
| present participle | overenunciating |
| past participle | overenunciated |
| past | overenunciated |
Origin of overenunciate
From over- + enunciate.
Questions about overenunciate
- What does overenunciate mean?
- Overenunciate means to enunciate too strongly.
- What part of speech is overenunciate?
- Overenunciate is a verb.
- What is the past tense of overenunciate?
- The past tense of overenunciate is overenunciated.
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