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overenunciating

overenunciating is the present participle and gerund of overenunciate.

Meaning of overenunciate

Verb

overenunciate (third-person singular simple present overenunciates, present participle overenunciating, simple past and past participle overenunciated)

  1. (ambitransitive) 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

Questions about overenunciating

What is overenunciating the present participle and gerund of?
Overenunciating is the present participle and gerund of overenunciate.

Words near overenunciating in the dictionary

  1. overentitled
  2. overentitlement
  3. overenunciate
  4. overenunciated
  5. overenunciates
  6. overenunciating
  7. overenunciation
  8. overequip
  9. overequipped
  10. overequipping
  11. overequips

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