overapply
English
Etymology
over- + apply
Verb
overapply (third-person singular simple present overapplies, present participle overapplying, simple past and past participle overapplied)
- To apply to excess.
- 1999, Steven Pinker, Words and Rules: The Ingredients of Language
- German speakers, like English speakers, are prone to overapplying the weak suffix (-t) to irregular verbs, resulting in errors.
- 1999, Steven Pinker, Words and Rules: The Ingredients of Language