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overprescribing

overprescribing is the present participle and gerund of overprescribe.

Meaning of overprescribe

Verb

overprescribe (third-person singular simple present overprescribes, present participle overprescribing, simple past and past participle overprescribed)

  1. (transitive) To prescribe (a drug) more frequently than appropriate.
    • The drug maker Purdue Pharma has agreed […] to settle complaints that it encouraged physicians to overprescribe its painkiller OxyContin.2007 May 9, The Associated Press, “Painkiller’s Maker Settles Complaint”, in New York Times
    Antonyms:
    underprescribe

Questions about overprescribing

What is overprescribing the present participle and gerund of?
Overprescribing is the present participle and gerund of overprescribe.

Words near overprescribing in the dictionary

  1. overprepares
  2. overpreparing
  3. overprescribe
  4. overprescribed
  5. overprescribes
  6. overprescribing
  7. overprescription
  8. overprescriptions
  9. overpresence
  10. overpresent
  11. overpress

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