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overprotecting

overprotecting is the present participle and gerund of overprotect.

Meaning of overprotect

Verb

overprotect (third-person singular simple present overprotects, present participle overprotecting, simple past and past participle overprotected)

  1. To protect to an excessive degree; to coddle

Questions about overprotecting

What is overprotecting the present participle and gerund of?
Overprotecting is the present participle and gerund of overprotect.

Words near overprotecting in the dictionary

  1. overprosecution
  2. overprosperity
  3. overprosperous
  4. overprotect
  5. overprotected
  6. overprotecting
  7. overprotection
  8. overprotections
  9. overprotective
  10. overprotectively
  11. overprotectiveness

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