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overinsured

overinsured is the simple past and past participle of overinsure.

Meaning of overinsure

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

Questions about overinsured

What is overinsured the simple past and past participle of?
Overinsured is the simple past and past participle of overinsure.

Words near overinsured in the dictionary

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

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