overquery en · VERB
Etymology
From over- + query.
Meanings
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To ask too many questions.
Beginning Rorschach examiners have a tendency to overquery. Believing that they need to see the response exactly as the examinee saw it, they continue to query until they can see the response the same way or until the examinee is unable to provide additional information.
2016, Jessica R. Gurley, Essentials of Rorschach Assessment: Comprehensive System and R-PAS:Try not to overquery; resolve as many problems as you can, but query if there is any possibility that you have changed the meaning.
1991, American Society for Microbiology, ASM style manual for journals and books, volume 1985, page 4:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| overqueried | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| overqueried | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| overqueries | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| overquerying | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |