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overinsure

overinsure verb: to insure for too great a value.

Verb

overinsure (third-person singular simple present overinsures, present participle overinsuring, simple past and past participle overinsured)

  1. (transitive) To insure for too great a value.
    • I am overinsured on this boat.2009 April 1, David Streitfeld, “Boats Too Costly to Keep Are Littering Coastlines”, in New York Times

Forms of overinsure

third-person singular presentoverinsures
present participleoverinsuring
past participleoverinsured
pastoverinsured

Origin of overinsure

From over- + insure.

Questions about overinsure

What does overinsure mean?
Overinsure means to insure for too great a value.
What part of speech is overinsure?
Overinsure is a verb.
What is the past tense of overinsure?
The past tense of overinsure is overinsured.

Words near overinsure in the dictionary

  1. overinstructs
  2. overinstrumentation
  3. overinsulinization
  4. overinsulinizations
  5. overinsurance
  6. overinsure
  7. overinsured
  8. overinsures
  9. overinsuring
  10. overintellectual
  11. overintellectualisation

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