overapply
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verb
[edit]overapply (third-person singular simple present overapplies, present participle overapplying, simple past and past participle overapplied)
- (transitive) To apply to excess.
- 1999, Steven Pinker, Words and Rules: The Ingredients of Language:
- German speakers, like English speakers, are prone to overapplying the weak suffix (-t) to irregular verbs, resulting in errors.