overlicensed

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adjective

Licensed too much or too widely.

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Meanings

adjectiveoverlicensed (comparative more overlicensed, superlative most overlicensed)

comparative more overlicensed · superlative most overlicensed

  1. Licensed too much or too widely.

    By the early 1980s, Gucci was overlicensed, with its logo on every product imaginable from headscarves to key rings to lighters.

    2015, Ashok Som, Christian Blanckaert, The Road To Luxury
  2. computingHaving purchased more licences than are legally required.

Origin

From over- + licensed.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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