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overorganizing

overorganizing is the present participle and gerund 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 overorganizing

What is overorganizing the present participle and gerund of?
Overorganizing is the present participle and gerund of overorganize.

Words near overorganizing in the dictionary

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

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