Meaning

1 senses

  1. To punish excessively; to issue a punishment that is harsher than necessary.

Origin

From over- + punish.

From over- + punish.

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Forms

overpunishes, overpunishing, overpunished, overpunished
Base formoverpunish · to overpunish
3rd person singularoverpunishes
Present participleoverpunishing
Past simpleoverpunished
Past participleoverpunished

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyoverpunish
he, she, itoverpunishes

Past simpleLesson

all personsoverpunished

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave overpunished
he, she, ithas overpunished

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill overpunish

Word family

2 related words
RelatedpunitiveC2overpunishment

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
overpopulationoverpoweroverpricedoverprotectiveoverqualifiedoverrateoverreact
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