oversubsidize

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verb

To subsidize too much.

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Meanings

verboversubsidize (third-person singular simple present oversubsidizes, present participle oversubsidizing, simple past and past participle oversubsidized)

present singular third person oversubsidizes · participle present oversubsidizing · participle past oversubsidized · past oversubsidized

  1. transitiveTo subsidize too much.

    She and her colleagues still think the rail is oversubsidized, but in terms of predictions of failure, she said, “We don’t dwell.”

    2009 September 20, Jennifer Steinhauer, “In Phoenix, Weekend Users Make Light Rail a Success”, in New York Times

Origin

From over- + subsidize.

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APA

oversubsidize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oversubsidize

MLA

“oversubsidize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oversubsidize. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “oversubsidize,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oversubsidize.

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