overexpect

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verb

To expect too much.

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Meanings

verboverexpect (third-person singular simple present overexpects, present participle overexpecting, simple past and past participle overexpected)

present singular third person overexpects · participle present overexpecting · participle past overexpected · past overexpected

  1. To expect too much.

    If you overexpect from a tool, you are likely to forget the part that you have to play to make it work.

    2006, Doc Childre, Deborah Rozman, Transforming Anxiety, page 146

Origin

From over- + expect.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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