Meanings
verboverinsure (third-person singular simple present overinsures, present participle overinsuring, simple past and past participle overinsured)
present singular third person overinsures · participle present overinsuring · participle past overinsured · past overinsured
- transitiveTo insure for too great a value.
I am overinsured on this boat.
2009 April 1, David Streitfeld, “Boats Too Costly to Keep Are Littering Coastlines”, in New York Times
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overinsure. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overinsure
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overinsure,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overinsure.
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