"overadapt" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: overadapts [present, singular, third-person], overadapting [participle, present], overadapted [participle, past], overadapted [past]
Etymology: From over- + adapt. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|adapt}} over- + adapt Head templates: {{en-verb}} overadapt (third-person singular simple present overadapts, present participle overadapting, simple past and past participle overadapted)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To adapt excessively. Tags: intransitive, transitive

Inflected forms

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