"overregularize" meaning in All languages combined

See overregularize on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: overregularizes [present, singular, third-person], overregularizing [participle, present], overregularized [participle, past], overregularized [past]
Etymology: over- + regularize Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|regularize}} over- + regularize Head templates: {{en-verb}} overregularize (third-person singular simple present overregularizes, present participle overregularizing, simple past and past participle overregularized)
  1. (linguistics, intransitive) To apply (a rule of language) too widely. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Linguistics Related terms: overregularization
    Sense id: en-overregularize-en-verb-yiA92BMh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with over- Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Inflected forms

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