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overmissed

overmissed is the simple past and past participle of overmiss.

Meaning of overmiss

Verb (1)

overmiss (third-person singular simple present overmisses, present participle overmissing, simple past and past participle overmissed)

  1. (transitive) To miss excessively or too much.
    • Doting on some dogs when home creates a dog that may overmiss people when left alone.1999, William Edward Campbell, The New Better Behavior in Dogs

Verb (2)

overmiss (third-person singular simple present overmisses, present participle overmissing, simple past and past participle overmissed)

  1. (transitive) To miss by overstepping.
    • It was dark in the hall, and by going down, I was holding on to the banister there and I overmissed the step, I overstepped the last step, and I fell flat down and I couldn't get up.1942, New York Supreme Court, page 49

Questions about overmissed

What is overmissed the simple past and past participle of?
Overmissed is the simple past and past participle of overmiss.

Words near overmissed in the dictionary

  1. overmining
  2. overminute
  3. overminutely
  4. overminuteness
  5. overmiss
  6. overmissed
  7. overmisses
  8. overmissing
  9. overmist
  10. overmisted
  11. overmisting

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