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overlicensed

overlicensed adjective: licensed too much or too widely.

Adjective

overlicensed (comparative more overlicensed, superlative most overlicensed)

  1. Licensed too much or too widely.
    • By the early 1980s, Gucci was overlicensed, with its logo on every product imaginable from headscarves to key rings to lighters.2015, Ashok Som, Christian Blanckaert, The Road To Luxury
  2. Having purchased more licences than are legally required.

Forms of overlicensed

comparativemore overlicensed
superlativemost overlicensed

Origin of overlicensed

From over- + licensed.

Questions about overlicensed

What does overlicensed mean?
Overlicensed means licensed too much or too widely.
What part of speech is overlicensed?
Overlicensed is an adjective.

Words near overlicensed in the dictionary

  1. Overley
  2. Overleys
  3. overliberal
  4. overliberality
  5. overliberally
  6. overlicensed
  7. overlicentious
  8. overlick
  9. overlicked
  10. overlicking
  11. overlicks

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