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overreported

overreported is the simple past and past participle of overreport.

Meaning of overreport

Verb

overreport (third-person singular simple present overreports, present participle overreporting, simple past and past participle overreported)

  1. (transitive) To report too much or too often.
    • Just as the rising tide of cancellations leads the Census Bureau to overreport sales in the short term, it leads the government to underreport inventories.2007 January 7, Daniel Gross, “A Phantom Rebound in the Housing Market”, in New York Times

Questions about overreported

What is overreported the simple past and past participle of?
Overreported is the simple past and past participle of overreport.

Words near overreported in the dictionary

  1. overreplicates
  2. overreplicating
  3. overreplication
  4. overreplications
  5. overreport
  6. overreported
  7. overreporter
  8. overreporters
  9. overreporting
  10. overreports
  11. overrepresent

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