Overaddress

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To address to an excessive degree. transitive

    "Secondary problems have been overaddressed, but we should be focusing on the main issues."

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"Secondary problems have been overaddressed, but we should be focusing on the main issues."

Etymology

From over- + address.

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