overfinance

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verb

To finance too much.

Scrabble 19

Meanings

verboverfinance (third-person singular simple present overfinances, present participle overfinancing, simple past and past participle overfinanced)

present singular third person overfinances · participle present overfinancing · participle past overfinanced · past overfinanced

  1. transitiveTo finance too much.

    Daniel Halperin implies that we are overfinancing AIDS and underfinancing other key health and development priorities.

    2008 January 7, “When Illnesses Vie for Our Dollars”, in New York Times

Origin

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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