overcommunicate

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verb

To communicate too much.

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Meanings

verbovercommunicate (third-person singular simple present overcommunicates, present participle overcommunicating, simple past and past participle overcommunicated)

present singular third person overcommunicates · participle present overcommunicating · participle past overcommunicated · past overcommunicated

  1. To communicate too much.

    So I think I’ve learned to overcommunicate in a way that I never did before.

    , Adam Bryant, quoting Deborah Dunsire, “Stepping Out of the Sandbox”, in New York Times
    1 more example

    “You have to overcommunicate to an incredible degree,” Dr. Priest said, “because we still get questions on things that I think, ‘This was well-known 18 months ago.’

    2021 October 11, Jan Hoffman, quoting David Priest, “Boosters Are Complicating Efforts to Persuade the Unvaccinated to Get Shots”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Origin

From over- + communicate.

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APA

overcommunicate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overcommunicate

MLA

“overcommunicate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overcommunicate. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overcommunicate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overcommunicate.

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