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overorganized

overorganized is the simple past and past participle of overorganize.

Meaning of overorganize

Verb

overorganize (third-person singular simple present overorganizes, present participle overorganizing, simple past and past participle overorganized)

  1. (transitive) To organize in too much detail.
  2. (intransitive) To become too politically or socially cohesive and structured.
    • As the decade wore on, the sexy/anarchist "attitude" wore down […] and the mail became dominated by gay press releases from organizations and gay businesses. Maybe we over-organized, and stifled the poetry.1989 December 24, “Queers For Years”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 24, page 10

Questions about overorganized

What is overorganized the simple past and past participle of?
Overorganized is the simple past and past participle of overorganize.

Words near overorganized in the dictionary

  1. overordering
  2. overorders
  3. overorganisation
  4. overorganization
  5. overorganize
  6. overorganized
  7. overorganizes
  8. overorganizing
  9. overornament
  10. overornamented
  11. overornamenting

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