"overquantify" meaning in All languages combined

See overquantify on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: overquantifies [present, singular, third-person], overquantifying [participle, present], overquantified [participle, past], overquantified [past]
Etymology: From over- + quantify. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|quantify}} over- + quantify Head templates: {{en-verb}} overquantify (third-person singular simple present overquantifies, present participle overquantifying, simple past and past participle overquantified)
  1. (transitive) To quantify too much; to interpret with too great a focus on numbers, quotas, etc. Tags: transitive

Inflected forms

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