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oversubsidizing

oversubsidizing is the present participle and gerund 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 oversubsidizing

What is oversubsidizing the present participle and gerund of?
Oversubsidizing is the present participle and gerund of oversubsidize.

Words near oversubsidizing in the dictionary

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

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