overinsure

English

Etymology

over- +‎ insure

Verb

overinsure (third-person singular simple present overinsures, present participle overinsuring, simple past and past participle overinsured)

1. (transitive) To insure for too great a value.
   • 2009 April 1, David Streitfeld, “Boats Too Costly to Keep Are Littering Coastlines”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     I am overinsured on this boat.

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