overinflate

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verb

To inflate excessively; to provide too much inflation

“The tires had been overinflated, leading to a blowout.”

OriginEnglish inflate ← Middle English over- ← Old English ofer- →
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Meanings

verboverinflate (third-person singular simple present overinflates, present participle overinflating, simple past and past participle overinflated)

present singular third person overinflates · participle present overinflating · participle past overinflated · past overinflated

  1. To inflate excessively; to provide too much inflation

    The tires had been overinflated, leading to a blowout.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Germanic*uber
  4. Old Englishofer-
  5. Middle Englishover-
  6. Englishover-
  7. Englishinflate
  8. Englishoverinflate

From over- + inflate.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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