overinvested
overinvested is the simple past and past participle of overinvest.
Meaning of overinvest
Verb
overinvest (third-person singular simple present overinvests, present participle overinvesting, simple past and past participle overinvested)
- To invest an excessive amount.
- Amazon may have overinvested in making new kinds of hardware, like now-discontinued alarm clocks and microwaves that worked with Alexa, which sold at or below cost, the former executive said.2023 March 15, Brian X. Chen, Nico Grant, Karen Weise, “How Siri, Alexa and Google Assistant Lost the A.I. Race”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
- Antonyms:
- underinvest
Adjective
overinvested (comparative more overinvested, superlative most overinvested)
- Subject to excess levels of investment.
- "Pure mobile content is overinvested, but hardware is underhyped," said David Weiden, a partner at Khosla Ventures.2009 January 5, Claire Cain Miller, “In Silicon Valley, Venture Capitalists Turn Cautious and Focus on the Short Term”, in New York Times
Forms of overinvested
| comparative | more overinvested |
|---|---|
| superlative | most overinvested |
Questions about overinvested
- What does overinvested mean?
- Overinvested means subject to excess levels of investment.
- What is overinvested the simple past and past participle of?
- Overinvested is the simple past and past participle of overinvest.
- What part of speech is overinvested?
- Overinvested is an adjective.
Words near overinvested in the dictionary
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