Meanings
present singular third person overadministers · participle present overadministering · participle past overadministered · past overadministered
- To excessively administer, to manage or control too much.
They overadminister everything from the curriculum to the color of paint on the walls.
2014 July 19, Tony Caravan, The Non-Conformist: Anthology, Tony Caravan, →ISBN, page 51 - To administer too much, to apply or dole out too much.
One must be careful not to overtransfuse or overadminister since negative pressure is applied to all line attachments to the CVR.
2015 June 2, Gregory S. Matte, Perfusion for Congenital Heart Surgery: Notes on Cardiopulmonary Bypass for a Complex Patient Population, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 62
Origin
Translations
Polish przeadministrować
- przeadministrowaćto manage or control too much
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overadminister. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overadminister
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