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overplacement

overplacement noun: placement over or above others.

Noun

overplacement (countable and uncountable, plural overplacements)

  1. Placement over or above others.
  2. Assignment to a placement requiring greater talent than the person has.
    • the overplacement of failing students
  3. Extreme overconfidence.
    • The mistake of overplacement has led eager and ambitious entrepreneurs to throw their life savings into ventures that fail. The mistake of underplacement, on the other hand, regularly leads to terrible missed opportunities by those who would have succeeded had they only the courage to try.2012, Max H. Bazerman, Don A. Moore, Judgment in Managerial Decision Making, page 27

Antonyms of overplacement

Forms of overplacement

pluraloverplacements

Origin of overplacement

From over- + placement.

Questions about overplacement

What does overplacement mean?
Overplacement means placement over or above others.
What part of speech is overplacement?
Overplacement is a noun.
What is the plural of overplacement?
The plural of overplacement is overplacements.

Words near overplacement in the dictionary

  1. overpitched
  2. overpitches
  3. overpitching
  4. overplace
  5. overplaced
  6. overplacement
  7. overplacements
  8. overplaces
  9. overplacing
  10. overplaid
  11. overplaided

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