overchallenge

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verb

To challenge to an excessive degree.

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Meanings

verboverchallenge (third-person singular simple present overchallenges, present participle overchallenging, simple past and past participle overchallenged)

present singular third person overchallenges · participle present overchallenging · participle past overchallenged · past overchallenged

  1. transitiveTo challenge to an excessive degree.

    For example, if a mother consistently overchallenges her child and responds negatively to the child's failures to meet her standards, the child will develop low confidence in her own ability and feel discouraged to take up new challenges.

    2011, Karen L. Fingerman, Handbook of Life-Span Development
nounoverchallenge (plural overchallenges)

plural overchallenges

  1. Challenge that is too difficult.

    An overchallenge involves an imbalance, such that the level of difficulty in the occupational form exceeds the competencies in the developmental structure.

    2003, Paula Kramer, Jim Hinojosa, Charlotte Brasic Royeen, Perspectives in Human Occupation: Participation in Life

Origin

From over- + challenge.

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Translations

German überfordern, Überforderung
  • überfordernchallenge to an excessive degree
  • Überforderungchallenge that is too difficult
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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