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overdrawn en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˌəʊvəˈsteɪtɪd/ (UK)

Meanings

  1. Portrayed in an overstated or exaggerated manner.
    • True, Miliband thinks that it is an ‘absurdly overdrawn formulation of the Marxist purpose’ to speak of ‘the prospect of society of perfect unity, in which all human aspirations would be fulfilled and all values reconciled’. 1981 March 14, Leszek Kolakowski, “Miliband's Anti-Kolakowski”, in Political Studies, volume 29, number 1, Sage Publishing, →DOI, →ISSN, page 124:

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most overdrawn Degree=Sup lexicographic
more overdrawn Degree=Cmp lexicographic

overdrawn en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˌəʊvəˈsteɪtɪd/ (UK)

Meanings

  1. (form-of, participle, past) past participle of overdraw
    form of overdraw