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overprioritize

overprioritize verb: to assign too high a priority to.

Verb

overprioritize (third-person singular simple present overprioritizes, present participle overprioritizing, simple past and past participle overprioritized)

  1. To assign too high a priority to.
    • Denfeld's claim that the feminist movement has overprioritized lesbians […] suggests the limits of her inclusive and egalitarian impulses.2001, Helene Meyers, City Comp: Identities, Spaces, Practices, page 6

Forms of overprioritize

third-person singular presentoverprioritizes
present participleoverprioritizing
past participleoverprioritized
pastoverprioritized

Origin of overprioritize

From over- + prioritize.

Questions about overprioritize

What does overprioritize mean?
Overprioritize means to assign too high a priority to.
What part of speech is overprioritize?
Overprioritize is a verb.
What is the past tense of overprioritize?
The past tense of overprioritize is overprioritized.

Words near overprioritize in the dictionary

  1. overpriming
  2. overprint
  3. overprinted
  4. overprinting
  5. overprints
  6. overprioritize
  7. overprioritized
  8. overprioritizes
  9. overprioritizing
  10. overprivileged
  11. overprivilegedness

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