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overtrusting

overtrusting adjective: excessively trusting.

Adjective

overtrusting (comparative more overtrusting, superlative most overtrusting)

  1. Excessively trusting.
    • The naive believer may seem overtrusting in his beliefs, but the critic becomes overtrusting of his criticism, so both are naive, the latter more dangerously than the former.1998, Michael Gelven, This side of evil

Forms of overtrusting

comparativemore overtrusting
superlativemost overtrusting

Origin of overtrusting

From over- + trusting.

Questions about overtrusting

What does overtrusting mean?
Overtrusting means excessively trusting.
What part of speech is overtrusting?
Overtrusting is an adjective.

Words near overtrusting in the dictionary

  1. overtrumping
  2. overtrumps
  3. overtrust
  4. overtrusted
  5. overtrustful
  6. overtrusting
  7. overtrusts
  8. overtruthful
  9. overtry
  10. overtrying
  11. overts

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