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overfeature

overfeature verb: to feature excessively.

Verb

overfeature (third-person singular simple present overfeatures, present participle overfeaturing, simple past and past participle overfeatured)

  1. (transitive) To feature excessively.
    • When recently I told the editor of our leading city paper that I thought he overfeatured the late Pope's death and the coronation of his successor, he said, what I could not gainsay: […]1939, Christian Advocate, volume 100, page 13
    • I believe our educational system has overfeatured the quantitative phase of education in order that they might get students ready for college.1941, United States. Congress, Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates..., page 2020

Forms of overfeature

third-person singular presentoverfeatures
present participleoverfeaturing
past participleoverfeatured
pastoverfeatured

Origin of overfeature

From over- + feature.

Questions about overfeature

What does overfeature mean?
Overfeature means to feature excessively.
What part of speech is overfeature?
Overfeature is a verb.
What is the past tense of overfeature?
The past tense of overfeature is overfeatured.

Words near overfeature in the dictionary

  1. overfeared
  2. overfearful
  3. overfearfulness
  4. overfearing
  5. overfears
  6. overfeature
  7. overfeatured
  8. overfeatures
  9. overfeaturing
  10. overfed
  11. overfeeble

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