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overrecompensed

overrecompensed adjective: excessively recompensed.

Adjective

overrecompensed (comparative more overrecompensed, superlative most overrecompensed)

  1. Excessively recompensed.

Forms of overrecompensed

comparativemore overrecompensed
superlativemost overrecompensed

Origin of overrecompensed

From over- + recompensed.

Questions about overrecompensed

What does overrecompensed mean?
Overrecompensed means excessively recompensed.
What part of speech is overrecompensed?
Overrecompensed is an adjective.

Words near overrecompensed in the dictionary

  1. overrealistic
  2. overreckon
  3. overreckoned
  4. overreckoning
  5. overreckons
  6. overrecompensed
  7. overrecord
  8. overrecorded
  9. overrecording
  10. overrecords
  11. overrecover

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