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overrecruit

overrecruit verb: to recruit too many people.

Verb

overrecruit (third-person singular simple present overrecruits, present participle overrecruiting, simple past and past participle overrecruited)

  1. To recruit too many people.

Forms of overrecruit

third-person singular presentoverrecruits
present participleoverrecruiting
past participleoverrecruited
pastoverrecruited
alternative formover-recruit

Origin of overrecruit

From over- + recruit.

Questions about overrecruit

What does overrecruit mean?
Overrecruit means to recruit too many people.
What part of speech is overrecruit?
Overrecruit is a verb.
What is the past tense of overrecruit?
The past tense of overrecruit is overrecruited.

Words near overrecruit in the dictionary

  1. overrecovered
  2. overrecoveries
  3. overrecovering
  4. overrecovers
  5. overrecovery
  6. overrecruit
  7. overrecruited
  8. overrecruiting
  9. overrecruitment
  10. overrecruits
  11. overred

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