Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to overpromise
Participle: overpromised
Gerund: overpromising
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | overpromise |
| you | overpromise |
| he;she;it | overpromises |
| we | overpromise |
| you | overpromise |
| they | overpromise |
Perfect
| I | have overpromised |
| you | have overpromised |
| he;she;it | has overpromised |
| we | have overpromised |
| you | have overpromised |
| they | have overpromised |
Past
| I | overpromised |
| you | overpromised |
| he;she;it | overpromised |
| we | overpromised |
| you | overpromised |
| they | overpromised |
Pluperfect
| I | had overpromised |
| you | had overpromised |
| he;she;it | had overpromised |
| we | had overpromised |
| you | had overpromised |
| they | had overpromised |
Future
| I | will overpromise |
| you | will overpromise |
| he;she;it | will overpromise |
| we | will overpromise |
| you | will overpromise |
| they | will overpromise |
Future Perfect
| I | will have overpromised |
| you | will have overpromised |
| he;she;it | will have overpromised |
| we | will have overpromised |
| you | will have overpromised |
| they | will have overpromised |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | overpromise |
| you | overpromise |
| he;she;it | overpromise |
| we | overpromise |
| you | overpromise |
| they | overpromise |
Perfect
| I | have overpromised |
| you | have overpromised |
| he;she;it | have overpromised |
| we | have overpromised |
| you | have overpromised |
| they | have overpromised |
Imperfect
| I | overpromised |
| you | overpromised |
| he;she;it | overpromised |
| we | overpromised |
| you | overpromised |
| they | overpromised |
Pluperfect
| I | had overpromised |
| you | had overpromised |
| he;she;it | had overpromised |
| we | had overpromised |
| you | had overpromised |
| they | had overpromised |
Conditional
Present
| I | would overpromise |
| you | would overpromise |
| he;she;it | would overpromise |
| we | would overpromise |
| you | would overpromise |
| they | would overpromise |
Perfect
| I | would have overpromised |
| you | would have overpromised |
| he;she;it | would have overpromised |
| we | would have overpromised |
| you | would have overpromised |
| they | would have overpromised |
Imperative
| you | overpromise |
| we | Let's overpromise |
| you | overpromise |
Verbs conjugated like 'overpromise'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'overpromise'
overpoise,
overpraise,
overpromote,
forepromise,
outpromise,
overbrowse,
overnoise,
overpolish,
overprice,
overprime,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From over- + promise.
Sample Sentences
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We don't want to overpromise.
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So rather than posh skin creams that overpromise, a good brow job gives instant results. [2008 December 6, Tiyana Grulovic, “Brows are a gal's best accessory”, in Globe and Mail:]
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Hope Hicks, one of the President’s longest-serving aides, warned Parscale against touting ticket request numbers, reminding him that the number one rule in politics is not to overpromise and underdeliver, a source familiar with the matter said. [2020 July 13, Michael Warren, Jeremy Diamond, Ryan Nobles and Fredreka Schouten, “Amid rising coronavirus cases, the Trump campaign struggles to get its rally machine going”, in CNN:]
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"[...] If the economy has tanked... then we don't want to over-promise and under-deliver." [2022 October 5, “Network News: Private sector's role in a publicly-owned railway”, in RAIL, number 967, page 16:]