"overpunish" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: overpunishes [present, singular, third-person], overpunishing [participle, present], overpunished [participle, past], overpunished [past]
Etymology: over- + punish Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|punish}} over- + punish Head templates: {{en-verb}} overpunish (third-person singular simple present overpunishes, present participle overpunishing, simple past and past participle overpunished)
  1. To punish excessively.
    Sense id: en-overpunish-en-verb-Yq-7UPCu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with over-

Inflected forms

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