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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overinvest

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
over-in-vest
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To invest an excessive amount.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English invest English overinvest From over- + invest.

Inflected Forms

overinvests (present, singular) overinvesting (participle, present) overinvested (participle, past) overinvested (past)

Antonyms

underinvest

Questions

What does overinvest mean?
To invest an excessive amount.
Where does overinvest come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English invest English overinvest From over- + invest.

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