overadminister
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
over- + administer
Verb[edit]
overadminister (third-person singular simple present overadministers, present participle overadministering, simple past and past participle overadministered)
- To excessively administer, to manage or control too much.
- 2014 July 19, Tony Caravan, The Non-Conformist: Anthology, Tony Caravan, →ISBN, page 51:
- They overadminister everything from the curriculum to the color of paint on the walls.
- To administer too much, to apply or dole out too much.
- 2015 June 2, Gregory S. Matte, Perfusion for Congenital Heart Surgery: Notes on Cardiopulmonary Bypass for a Complex Patient Population, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 62:
- One must be careful not to overtransfuse or overadminister since negative pressure is applied to all line attachments to the CVR.
Translations[edit]
to manage or control too much
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