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oversubsidized

oversubsidized is the simple past and past participle of oversubsidize.

Meaning of oversubsidize

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

Questions about oversubsidized

What is oversubsidized the simple past and past participle of?
Oversubsidized is the simple past and past participle of oversubsidize.

Words near oversubsidized in the dictionary

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

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