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overmodify

overmodify verb: to modify excessively.

Verb

overmodify (third-person singular simple present overmodifies, present participle overmodifying, simple past and past participle overmodified)

  1. To modify excessively.

Forms of overmodify

third-person singular presentovermodifies
present participleovermodifying
past participleovermodified
pastovermodified

Origin of overmodify

From over- + modify.

Questions about overmodify

What does overmodify mean?
Overmodify means to modify excessively.
What part of speech is overmodify?
Overmodify is a verb.
What is the past tense of overmodify?
The past tense of overmodify is overmodified.

Words near overmodify in the dictionary

  1. overmodesty
  2. overmodification
  3. overmodifications
  4. overmodified
  5. overmodifies
  6. overmodify
  7. overmodifying
  8. overmodulate
  9. overmodulated
  10. overmodulates
  11. overmodulating

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