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overpacking

overpacking is the present participle and gerund of overpack.

Meaning of overpack

Verb

overpack (third-person singular simple present overpacks, present participle overpacking, simple past and past participle overpacked)

  1. (intransitive) To pack too much.
    • The opportunity to start over reawakens the belief that I can become someone else -- an organized, thrifty, wise, elegant, worldly traveler, rather than the disorganized, frumpy, overpacked and harried traveler that I am.2000 March 12, Julia Duffy Ward, “On the Road to Reform: The Traveler Within”, in The New York Times
    Antonyms:
    underpack

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Questions about overpacking

What is overpacking the present participle and gerund of?
Overpacking is the present participle and gerund of overpack.

Words near overpacking in the dictionary

  1. overpackages
  2. overpackaging
  3. overpacked
  4. overpacker
  5. overpackers
  6. overpacking
  7. overpacks
  8. overpad
  9. overpadded
  10. overpadding
  11. overpads

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