"overreward" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: overrewards [present, singular, third-person], overrewarding [participle, present], overrewarded [participle, past], overrewarded [past]
Etymology: over- + reward Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|reward}} over- + reward Head templates: {{en-verb}} overreward (third-person singular simple present overrewards, present participle overrewarding, simple past and past participle overrewarded)
  1. (transitive) To reward excessively. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-overreward-en-verb-EtQr2vYI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with over-

Inflected forms

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