overmine

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verb

To mine excessively.

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Meanings

verbovermine (third-person singular simple present overmines, present participle overmining, simple past and past participle overmined)

present singular third person overmines · participle present overmining · participle past overmined · past overmined

  1. transitiveTo mine excessively.
  2. human sciencesTo view an object in terms of its effects on or relationships with others, in object-oriented ontology.

    We can even go further: when we consider an object in everyday life we do not usually just undermine or overmine it as if it demanded an either/or approach, but rather we run the two processes in tandem: duomining, as Harman labels it.

    2022, Nicholas Gayle, Conrad and the Being of the World, page 25

Origin

From over- + mine.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

vomerine
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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

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