Overpaid

//oʊ.vɚ.peɪd// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of overpay form-of, participle, past

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overspendpay

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"I do not wish to recall this bad time nor the worse that ante-dated my departure, when I was at the mercy of venal doctors and indifferent nurses, dependent on grudged bad service and overpaid inattention, taking a so-called rest cure."

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