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overtimed

overtimed is the simple past and past participle of overtime.

Meaning of overtime

Verb

overtime (third-person singular simple present overtimes, present participle overtiming, simple past and past participle overtimed)

  1. (transitive) To measure something incorrectly, as taking more time than it actually did.
    • With automatic timing, overtiming is virtually impossible. However, there are inherent inaccuracies in manual timing of telephone messages which, on the average, tend toward overtiming messages […]1948, Decisions of the Public Utilities Commission of the State of California

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Questions about overtimed

What is overtimed the simple past and past participle of?
Overtimed is the simple past and past participle of overtime.

Words near overtimed in the dictionary

  1. overtilting
  2. overtilts
  3. overtime
  4. overtime ban
  5. overtime bans
  6. overtimed
  7. overtimer
  8. overtimers
  9. overtimes
  10. overtimidity
  11. overtiming

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