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overschooling

overschooling is the present participle and gerund of overschool.

Meaning of overschool

Verb

overschool (third-person singular simple present overschools, present participle overschooling, simple past and past participle overschooled)

  1. To school to excess; to give too much training.
    • It is impossible to overeducate, but it is very possible to overschool.1898, William Jay Youmans, Appletons' Popular Science Monthly - Volume 53, page 490

Questions about overschooling

What is overschooling the present participle and gerund of?
Overschooling is the present participle and gerund of overschool.

Words near overschooling in the dictionary

  1. overschedules
  2. overscheduling
  3. overschematization
  4. overschool
  5. overschooled
  6. overschooling
  7. overschools
  8. overscore
  9. overscored
  10. overscores
  11. overscoring

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