Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to overengineer
Participle: overengineered
Gerund: overengineering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | overengineer |
| you | overengineer |
| he;she;it | overengineers |
| we | overengineer |
| you | overengineer |
| they | overengineer |
Perfect
| I | have overengineered |
| you | have overengineered |
| he;she;it | has overengineered |
| we | have overengineered |
| you | have overengineered |
| they | have overengineered |
Past
| I | overengineered |
| you | overengineered |
| he;she;it | overengineered |
| we | overengineered |
| you | overengineered |
| they | overengineered |
Pluperfect
| I | had overengineered |
| you | had overengineered |
| he;she;it | had overengineered |
| we | had overengineered |
| you | had overengineered |
| they | had overengineered |
Future
| I | will overengineer |
| you | will overengineer |
| he;she;it | will overengineer |
| we | will overengineer |
| you | will overengineer |
| they | will overengineer |
Future Perfect
| I | will have overengineered |
| you | will have overengineered |
| he;she;it | will have overengineered |
| we | will have overengineered |
| you | will have overengineered |
| they | will have overengineered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | overengineer |
| you | overengineer |
| he;she;it | overengineer |
| we | overengineer |
| you | overengineer |
| they | overengineer |
Perfect
| I | have overengineered |
| you | have overengineered |
| he;she;it | have overengineered |
| we | have overengineered |
| you | have overengineered |
| they | have overengineered |
Imperfect
| I | overengineered |
| you | overengineered |
| he;she;it | overengineered |
| we | overengineered |
| you | overengineered |
| they | overengineered |
Pluperfect
| I | had overengineered |
| you | had overengineered |
| he;she;it | had overengineered |
| we | had overengineered |
| you | had overengineered |
| they | had overengineered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would overengineer |
| you | would overengineer |
| he;she;it | would overengineer |
| we | would overengineer |
| you | would overengineer |
| they | would overengineer |
Perfect
| I | would have overengineered |
| you | would have overengineered |
| he;she;it | would have overengineered |
| we | would have overengineered |
| you | would have overengineered |
| they | would have overengineered |
Imperative
| you | overengineer |
| we | Let's overengineer |
| you | overengineer |
Verbs conjugated like 'overengineer'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'overengineer'
geoengineer,
outengineer,
re-engineer,
reengineer,
engineer,
microengineer,
overlinger,
overwinter,
deregister,
overdefine,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From over- + engineer.
Sample Sentences
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While PlayStation 3 surpasses both Wii and Xbox 360 in performance and graphics, the critics say it suffers from the same problem as many other Sony products: it is overengineered, scaring away average shoppers. [2007 January 31, Martin Fackler, “Hobbled by Disappointing Sales and a Loss at the Game Unit, Sony's Profit Drops 5%”, in New York Times:]
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Fortunately, the Victorians over-engineered their structures, as they didn't have the advantages we have now of a modern understanding of structural dynamics. [2023 June 28, Sir Michael Holden, “Comment: 'There will be more Nunehams'”, in RAIL, number 986, page 3:]