overorganize en · VERB
Etymology
From over- + organize.
Meanings
- (transitive) To organize in too much detail.
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(intransitive) To become too politically or socially cohesive and structured.
As the decade wore on, the sexy/anarchist "attitude" wore down […] and the mail became dominated by gay press releases from organizations and gay businesses. Maybe we over-organized, and stifled the poetry.
1989 December 24, “Queers For Years”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 24, page 10:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| overorganizes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| overorganized | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| overorganized | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| overorganizing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |