over-diversify

A form of overdiversify — To diversify excessively.

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Meanings

verbover-diversify (third-person singular simple present over-diversifies, present participle over-diversifying, simple past and past participle over-diversified)

present singular third person over-diversifies · participle present over-diversifying · participle past over-diversified · past over-diversified

  1. alternativeAlternative form of overdiversify.

    But only up to a point: over-diversify and you will achieve a lower investment return without a corresponding further reduction in investment risk.

    2015, Edmund Shing, The Idle Investor, →ISBN
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    Governance mechanisms, such as the board of directors, ownership monitoring, executive compensation, and the market for corporate control may limit managerial tendencies to over-diversify.

    2006, Thomas J. Sowell, Strategic Manufacturing Management, →ISBN
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APA

over-diversify. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/over-diversify

MLA

“over-diversify.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/over-diversify. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “over-diversify,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/over-diversify.

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