"overdocument" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: overdocuments [present, singular, third-person], overdocumenting [participle, present], overdocumented [participle, past], overdocumented [past]
Etymology: over- + document Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|document}} over- + document Head templates: {{en-verb}} overdocument (third-person singular simple present overdocuments, present participle overdocumenting, simple past and past participle overdocumented)
  1. (transitive) To document something in greater detail than necessary. Tags: transitive Related terms: overdocumentation
    Sense id: en-overdocument-en-verb-nC1gSGqP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with over-

Inflected forms

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