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oversentences

oversentences is the third-person singular simple present indicative of oversentence.

Meaning of oversentence

Verb

oversentence (third-person singular simple present oversentences, present participle oversentencing, simple past and past participle oversentenced)

  1. (transitive) To issue a sentence that is harsher than necessary.
    • The United States currently incarcerates more people than any other country in the world, according to the Population Reference Bureau. John C. Jeffries Jr., today’s morning lecturer, will propose ways to combat a prison system that often “oversentences and overpunishes.”2013 July 29, Maggie Livingstone, “Jeffries to address ‘oversentencing’ in U.S. justice system”, in The Chautauquan Daily, archived from the original on 06 Dec 2024

Questions about oversentences

What is oversentences the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Oversentences is the third-person singular simple present indicative of oversentence.

Words near oversentences in the dictionary

  1. oversensitivity
  2. oversensitized
  3. oversent
  4. oversentence
  5. oversentenced
  6. oversentences
  7. oversentencing
  8. oversententious
  9. oversentimental
  10. oversentimentalism
  11. oversentimentality

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Adapted from Wiktionary: oversentences (page history and authors); oversentence (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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