overhelp

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verb

To supply with too much help.

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Meanings

verboverhelp (third-person singular simple present overhelps, present participle overhelping, simple past and past participle overhelped)

present singular third person overhelps · participle present overhelping · participle past overhelped · past overhelped

  1. To supply with too much help.

    Modify homework and independent projects to the child's instructional or independent level, so that parents are not forced to overhelp the child.

    2008, Rich Weinfeld, Michelle Davis, Special Needs Advocacy Resource Book
    1 more example

    Gilbert and Silvera (1996) found that overhelping can be used to spoil another person's identity by causing onlookers to attribute the other's success to the help.

    2012, Mark R. Leary, June Price Tangney, Handbook of Self and Identity, page 561

Origin

From over- + help.

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Chicago

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