overblame

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

over- +‎ blame

Verb[edit]

overblame (third-person singular simple present overblames, present participle overblaming, simple past and past participle overblamed)

  1. (transitive) To blame excessively.
    • 1832, Records and Briefs of the United States Supreme Court, page 25:
      When all is said, however, it is easy to overblame the cinema, to exaggerate the actual harm and ignore the possible good.