"overdifferentiate" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: overdifferentiates [present, singular, third-person], overdifferentiating [participle, present], overdifferentiated [participle, past], overdifferentiated [past]
Etymology: over- + differentiate Etymology templates: {{affix|en|over-|differentiate}} over- + differentiate Head templates: {{en-verb}} overdifferentiate (third-person singular simple present overdifferentiates, present participle overdifferentiating, simple past and past participle overdifferentiated)
  1. To differentiate excessively.
    Sense id: en-overdifferentiate-en-verb-usB~lKgo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with over-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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