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overquantify

overquantify verb: to quantify too much; to interpret with too great a focus on numbers, quotas, etc.

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

Forms of overquantify

third-person singular presentoverquantifies
present participleoverquantifying
past participleoverquantified
pastoverquantified

Origin of overquantify

From over- + quantify.

Questions about overquantify

What does overquantify mean?
Overquantify means to quantify too much; to interpret with too great a focus on numbers, quotas, etc.
What part of speech is overquantify?
Overquantify is a verb.
What is the past tense of overquantify?
The past tense of overquantify is overquantified.

Words near overquantify in the dictionary

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

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