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overextrapolate

overextrapolate verb: to extrapolate excessively.

Verb

overextrapolate (third-person singular simple present overextrapolates, present participle overextrapolating, simple past and past participle overextrapolated)

  1. To extrapolate excessively.

Forms of overextrapolate

third-person singular presentoverextrapolates
present participleoverextrapolating
past participleoverextrapolated
pastoverextrapolated

Origin of overextrapolate

From over- + extrapolate.

Questions about overextrapolate

What does overextrapolate mean?
Overextrapolate means to extrapolate excessively.
What part of speech is overextrapolate?
Overextrapolate is a verb.
What is the past tense of overextrapolate?
The past tense of overextrapolate is overextrapolated.

Words near overextrapolate in the dictionary

  1. overextensions
  2. overextensive
  3. overextention
  4. overextraction
  5. overextractions
  6. overextrapolate
  7. overextrapolated
  8. overextrapolates
  9. overextrapolating
  10. overextrapolation
  11. overextrapolations

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