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oversubsidize

oversubsidize verb: to subsidize too much.

Verb

oversubsidize (third-person singular simple present oversubsidizes, present participle oversubsidizing, simple past and past participle oversubsidized)

  1. (transitive) To subsidize too much.
    • She and her colleagues still think the rail is oversubsidized, but in terms of predictions of failure, she said, “We don’t dwell.”2009 September 20, Jennifer Steinhauer, “In Phoenix, Weekend Users Make Light Rail a Success”, in New York Times

Forms of oversubsidize

third-person singular presentoversubsidizes
present participleoversubsidizing
past participleoversubsidized
pastoversubsidized

Origin of oversubsidize

From over- + subsidize.

Questions about oversubsidize

What does oversubsidize mean?
Oversubsidize means to subsidize too much.
What part of speech is oversubsidize?
Oversubsidize is a verb.
What is the past tense of oversubsidize?
The past tense of oversubsidize is oversubsidized.

Words near oversubsidize in the dictionary

  1. oversubscribers
  2. oversubscribes
  3. oversubscribing
  4. oversubscription
  5. oversubscriptions
  6. oversubsidize
  7. oversubsidized
  8. oversubsidizes
  9. oversubsidizing
  10. oversubstitution
  11. oversubtile

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