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overmedicated

overmedicated is the simple past and past participle of overmedicate.

Meaning of overmedicate

Verb

overmedicate (third-person singular simple present overmedicates, present participle overmedicating, simple past and past participle overmedicated)

  1. To medicate excessively
    • "I thought the people we'd be arguing with are the people who believe psychiatric illness doesn't exist" or those who believe children are being overmedicated, he said.2007 December 14, Joanne Kaufman, “Campaign on Childhood Mental Illness Succeeds at Being Provocative”, in New York Times

Questions about overmedicated

What is overmedicated the simple past and past participle of?
Overmedicated is the simple past and past participle of overmedicate.

Words near overmedicated in the dictionary

  1. overmedicalize
  2. overmedicalized
  3. overmedicalizes
  4. overmedicalizing
  5. overmedicate
  6. overmedicated
  7. overmedicates
  8. overmedicating
  9. overmedication
  10. overmedications
  11. overmeek

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