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overexpect

overexpect verb: to expect too much.

Verb

overexpect (third-person singular simple present overexpects, present participle overexpecting, simple past and past participle overexpected)

  1. To expect too much.
    • If you overexpect from a tool, you are likely to forget the part that you have to play to make it work.2006, Doc Childre, Deborah Rozman, Transforming Anxiety, page 146

Forms of overexpect

third-person singular presentoverexpects
present participleoverexpecting
past participleoverexpected
pastoverexpected

Origin of overexpect

From over- + expect.

Questions about overexpect

What does overexpect mean?
Overexpect means to expect too much.
What part of speech is overexpect?
Overexpect is a verb.
What is the past tense of overexpect?
The past tense of overexpect is overexpected.

Words near overexpect in the dictionary

  1. overexpanding
  2. overexpands
  3. overexpansion
  4. overexpansions
  5. overexpansive
  6. overexpect
  7. overexpectant
  8. overexpectantly
  9. overexpectation
  10. overexpectations
  11. overexpected

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