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overrefine

overrefine verb: to refine to an excessive degree.

Verb

overrefine (third-person singular simple present overrefines, present participle overrefining, simple past and past participle overrefined)

  1. (transitive) To refine to an excessive degree.

Forms of overrefine

third-person singular presentoverrefines
present participleoverrefining
past participleoverrefined
pastoverrefined
alternative formover-refine

Origin of overrefine

From over- + refine.

Questions about overrefine

What does overrefine mean?
Overrefine means to refine to an excessive degree.
What part of speech is overrefine?
Overrefine is a verb.
What is the past tense of overrefine?
The past tense of overrefine is overrefined.

Words near overrefine in the dictionary

  1. overreductions
  2. overreference
  3. overreferenced
  4. overreferences
  5. overreferencing
  6. overrefine
  7. overrefined
  8. overrefinement
  9. overrefinements
  10. overrefines
  11. overrefining

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