overdeliver

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verb

To deliver in excess of a norm, standard, or requirement.

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Meanings

verboverdeliver (third-person singular simple present overdelivers, present participle overdelivering, simple past and past participle overdelivered)

present singular third person overdelivers · participle present overdelivering · participle past overdelivered · past overdelivered

  1. To deliver in excess of a norm, standard, or requirement.

    “He’s wise not to overpromise, but to underpromise and overdeliver,” said Dave Checketts, a former president of the Knicks and then Madison Square Garden who left in 2001 after a power struggle with James L. Dolan, the chairman of the Garden.

    2008 April 4, Richard Sandomir, “Fixing a Broken Dream One Night at a Time”, in The New York Times

Origin

From over- + deliver.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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