oversubsidize en · VERB
Etymology
From over- + subsidize.
Meanings
-
(transitive) To subsidize too much.
She and her colleagues still think the rail is oversubsidized, but in terms of predictions of failure, she said, “We don’t dwell.”
2009 September 20, Jennifer Steinhauer, “In Phoenix, Weekend Users Make Light Rail a Success”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| oversubsidized | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| oversubsidized | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| oversubsidizing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| oversubsidizes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |