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oversplitting

oversplitting is the present participle and gerund of oversplit.

Meaning of oversplit

Verb

oversplit (third-person singular simple present oversplits, present participle oversplitting, simple past and past participle oversplit)

  1. To perform such a split.
  2. (transitive) To split into too many divisions or categories.

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Questions about oversplitting

What is oversplitting the present participle and gerund of?
Oversplitting is the present participle and gerund of oversplit.

Words near oversplitting in the dictionary

  1. oversplashed
  2. oversplashes
  3. oversplashing
  4. oversplit
  5. oversplits
  6. oversplitting
  7. overspoke
  8. overspoken
  9. oversprang
  10. overspray
  11. overspray surface texture

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Adapted from Wiktionary: oversplitting (page history and authors); oversplit (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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