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overaddress

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English

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Etymology

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From over- +‎ address.

Verb

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overaddress (third-person singular simple present overaddresses, present participle overaddressing, simple past and past participle overaddressed)

  1. (transitive) To address to an excessive degree.
    Secondary problems have been overaddressed, but we should be focusing on the main issues.