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overspeculated

overspeculated is the simple past and past participle of overspeculate.

Meaning of overspeculate

Verb

overspeculate (third-person singular simple present overspeculates, present participle overspeculating, simple past and past participle overspeculated)

  1. To spend too much money in speculation.
    • […] that under our present way of doing business there was a tendency to overspeculate on future advances in value; that such overspeculation always tended to produce a reaction; that there were evidences at the present time of the beginning of such a speculative fever […]1910 February 26, Collier's, volume 44, page 10
  2. To speculate excessively.

Questions about overspeculated

What is overspeculated the simple past and past participle of?
Overspeculated is the simple past and past participle of overspeculate.

Words near overspeculated in the dictionary

  1. overspecified
  2. overspecifies
  3. overspecify
  4. overspecifying
  5. overspeculate
  6. overspeculated
  7. overspeculates
  8. overspeculating
  9. overspeculation
  10. overspeculations
  11. overspeculative

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