overtenured

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adjective

Having too many employees who have tenure.

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Meanings

adjectiveovertenured (comparative more overtenured, superlative most overtenured)

comparative more overtenured · superlative most overtenured

  1. Having too many employees who have tenure.

    In theory both he and Vendla were in line for tenure in Textual Artifacts, but in practice the department was already overtenured.

    2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections

Origin

From over- + tenured.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

overdenture
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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