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overreporting

overreporting is the present participle and gerund 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 overreporting

What is overreporting the present participle and gerund of?
Overreporting is the present participle and gerund of overreport.

Words near overreporting in the dictionary

  1. overreplications
  2. overreport
  3. overreported
  4. overreporter
  5. overreporters
  6. overreporting
  7. overreports
  8. overrepresent
  9. overrepresentation
  10. overrepresentations
  11. overrepresentative

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