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overpurchasing

overpurchasing is the present participle and gerund of overpurchase.

Meaning of overpurchase

Verb

overpurchase (third-person singular simple present overpurchases, present participle overpurchasing, simple past and past participle overpurchased)

  1. To buy too much of something.
  2. (intransitive, obsolete) To pay too dear a price.

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Questions about overpurchasing

What is overpurchasing the present participle and gerund of?
Overpurchasing is the present participle and gerund of overpurchase.

Words near overpurchasing in the dictionary

  1. overpunishment
  2. overpunishments
  3. overpurchase
  4. overpurchased
  5. overpurchases
  6. overpurchasing
  7. overpursue
  8. overpursued
  9. overpursues
  10. overpursuing
  11. overpush

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