Meanings
verboverenunciate (third-person singular simple present overenunciates, present participle overenunciating, simple past and past participle overenunciated)
present singular third person overenunciates · participle present overenunciating · participle past overenunciated · past overenunciated
- ambitransitiveTo enunciate too strongly.
He’s always been far more interesting rhythmically than lyrically, but here his tendency to overenunciate, an accommodation that makes him more palatable to foreign ears, holds him back.
2009 August 20, Jon Caramanica, “In a Time of Daggers, a Reggae Artist Shows a Benign Side”, in New York Times
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overenunciate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overenunciate
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“overenunciate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overenunciate. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overenunciate,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overenunciate.
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