"overformat" meaning in English

See overformat in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: overformats [present, singular, third-person], overformatting [participle, present], overformatted [participle, past], overformatted [past]
Etymology: over- + format Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|format}} over- + format Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} overformat (third-person singular simple present overformats, present participle overformatting, simple past and past participle overformatted)
  1. (transitive) To use too much formatting on (text or a document). Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-overformat-en-verb-uN1tqdfl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with over-

Inflected forms

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