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overpondered

overpondered is the simple past and past participle of overponder.

Meaning of overponder

Verb

overponder (third-person singular simple present overponders, present participle overpondering, simple past and past participle overpondered)

  1. (transitive) To ponder or consider too much.
    • […]being misinterpreted by some individuals who overponder what to do with the ball on each and every shot.1982 August 22, “Slow-Bowling Cures Worse Than the Spreading Malady?”, in The Grand Rapids Press, page 9J
    Synonyms:
    overthink

Questions about overpondered

What is overpondered the simple past and past participle of?
Overpondered is the simple past and past participle of overponder.

Words near overpondered in the dictionary

  1. overpolluted
  2. overpollution
  3. overpolymerize
  4. overpompous
  5. overponder
  6. overpondered
  7. overpondering
  8. overponderous
  9. overponders
  10. overpopular
  11. overpopularity

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Adapted from Wiktionary: overpondered (page history and authors); overponder (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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