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overexpect en · VERB

Etymology

From over- + expect.

Meanings

  1. To expect too much.
    • If you overexpect from a tool, you are likely to forget the part that you have to play to make it work. 2006, Doc Childre, Deborah Rozman, Transforming Anxiety, page 146:

Forms

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overexpecting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
overexpected Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
overexpected Tense=Past lexicographic
overexpects Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic