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overquantified

overquantified is the simple past and past participle of overquantify.

Meaning of overquantify

Verb

overquantify (third-person singular simple present overquantifies, present participle overquantifying, simple past and past participle overquantified)

  1. (transitive) To quantify too much; to interpret with too great a focus on numbers, quotas, etc.
    • Problems arise with evaluation systems that are overquantified — when decisions or judgments predominantly rely on satisfying numerical requirements.2000, Kenneth D. Peterson, Teacher evaluation

Questions about overquantified

What is overquantified the simple past and past participle of?
Overquantified is the simple past and past participle of overquantify.

Words near overquantified in the dictionary

  1. overqualified
  2. overqualifies
  3. overqualify
  4. overqualifying
  5. overquantification
  6. overquantified
  7. overquantifies
  8. overquantify
  9. overquantifying
  10. overquantities
  11. overquantity

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