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overwaiting

overwaiting is the present participle and gerund of overwait.

Meaning of overwait

Verb

overwait (third-person singular simple present overwaits, present participle overwaiting, simple past and past participle overwaited)

  1. (transitive) To wait for an excessive amount of time; wait beyond the time allowed or expected; wait too long.
    • I didn't waste any time getting to sleep, and the orderly didn't overwait his time, either. I miscalculated on the moon and the depth of our chasm. I expected the moon to appear some time before midnight, but she didn't.1915, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, The Journal of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Questions about overwaiting

What is overwaiting the present participle and gerund of?
Overwaiting is the present participle and gerund of overwait.

Words near overwaiting in the dictionary

  1. overvoters
  2. overvotes
  3. overvoting
  4. overwait
  5. overwaited
  6. overwaiting
  7. overwaits
  8. overwalk
  9. overwalked
  10. overwalking
  11. overwalks

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