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overjustifies

overjustifies is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overjustify.

Meaning of overjustify

Verb

overjustify (third-person singular simple present overjustifies, present participle overjustifying, simple past and past participle overjustified)

  1. (transitive) To justify excessively; to provide too much justification for.
  2. (transitive) Specifically, to provide external incentive for an already-internally-motivated behavior, thereby risking the loss of the original motivation.

Questions about overjustifies

What is overjustifies the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Overjustifies is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overjustify.

Words near overjustifies in the dictionary

  1. overjumps
  2. overjust
  3. overjustification
  4. overjustifications
  5. overjustified
  6. overjustifies
  7. overjustify
  8. overjustifying
  9. overjut
  10. overjuts
  11. overjutted

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