overadminister

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verb

To excessively administer, to manage or control too much.

Scrabble 20

Meanings

verboveradminister (third-person singular simple present overadministers, present participle overadministering, simple past and past participle overadministered)

present singular third person overadministers · participle present overadministering · participle past overadministered · past overadministered

  1. 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
  2. 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
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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