overcriticize

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verb

To criticize too much.

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Meanings

verbovercriticize (third-person singular simple present overcriticizes, present participle overcriticizing, simple past and past participle overcriticized)

present singular third person overcriticizes · participle present overcriticizing · participle past overcriticized · past overcriticized

  1. To criticize too much.

Origin

From over- + criticize.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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