overquantify

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verb

To quantify too much; to interpret with too great a focus on numbers, quotas, etc.

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Meanings

verboverquantify (third-person singular simple present overquantifies, present participle overquantifying, simple past and past participle overquantified)

present singular third person overquantifies · participle present overquantifying · participle past overquantified · past overquantified

  1. transitiveTo quantify too much; to interpret with too great a focus on numbers, quotas, etc.

    Problems arise with evaluation systems that are overquantified — when decisions or judgments predominantly rely on satisfying numerical requirements.

    2000, Kenneth D. Peterson, Teacher evaluation

Origin

From over- + quantify.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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