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overexpressed

overexpressed is the simple past and past participle of overexpress.

Meaning of overexpress

Verb

overexpress (third-person singular simple present overexpresses, present participle overexpressing, simple past and past participle overexpressed)

  1. (transitive) To artificially express (a gene) in increased quantity.
    Antonyms:
    underexpress

Adjective

overexpressed (comparative more overexpressed, superlative most overexpressed)

  1. Produced by overexpression

Forms of overexpressed

comparativemore overexpressed
superlativemost overexpressed

Words formed from overexpressed

Questions about overexpressed

What does overexpressed mean?
Overexpressed means produced by overexpression.
What is overexpressed the simple past and past participle of?
Overexpressed is the simple past and past participle of overexpress.
What part of speech is overexpressed?
Overexpressed is an adjective.

Words near overexpressed in the dictionary

  1. overexposes
  2. overexposing
  3. overexposure
  4. overexposures
  5. overexpress
  6. overexpressed
  7. overexpresser
  8. overexpressers
  9. overexpresses
  10. overexpressing
  11. overexpression

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Adapted from Wiktionary: overexpressed (page history and authors); overexpress (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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