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overtaxing

overtaxing is the present participle and gerund of overtax.

Meaning of overtax

Verb

overtax (third-person singular simple present overtaxes, present participle overtaxing, simple past and past participle overtaxed)

  1. To tax to an excessive degree.
  2. To overburden.
    • The overtaxed shaft snapped.

Questions about overtaxing

What is overtaxing the present participle and gerund of?
Overtaxing is the present participle and gerund of overtax.

Words near overtaxing in the dictionary

  1. overtax
  2. overtaxation
  3. overtaxations
  4. overtaxed
  5. overtaxes
  6. overtaxing
  7. overteach
  8. overteaches
  9. overteaching
  10. overtechnical
  11. overtechnicality

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