Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to overpunish
Participle: overpunished
Gerund: overpunishing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | overpunish |
| you | overpunish |
| he;she;it | overpunishes |
| we | overpunish |
| you | overpunish |
| they | overpunish |
Perfect
| I | have overpunished |
| you | have overpunished |
| he;she;it | has overpunished |
| we | have overpunished |
| you | have overpunished |
| they | have overpunished |
Past
| I | overpunished |
| you | overpunished |
| he;she;it | overpunished |
| we | overpunished |
| you | overpunished |
| they | overpunished |
Pluperfect
| I | had overpunished |
| you | had overpunished |
| he;she;it | had overpunished |
| we | had overpunished |
| you | had overpunished |
| they | had overpunished |
Future
| I | will overpunish |
| you | will overpunish |
| he;she;it | will overpunish |
| we | will overpunish |
| you | will overpunish |
| they | will overpunish |
Future Perfect
| I | will have overpunished |
| you | will have overpunished |
| he;she;it | will have overpunished |
| we | will have overpunished |
| you | will have overpunished |
| they | will have overpunished |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | overpunish |
| you | overpunish |
| he;she;it | overpunish |
| we | overpunish |
| you | overpunish |
| they | overpunish |
Perfect
| I | have overpunished |
| you | have overpunished |
| he;she;it | have overpunished |
| we | have overpunished |
| you | have overpunished |
| they | have overpunished |
Imperfect
| I | overpunished |
| you | overpunished |
| he;she;it | overpunished |
| we | overpunished |
| you | overpunished |
| they | overpunished |
Pluperfect
| I | had overpunished |
| you | had overpunished |
| he;she;it | had overpunished |
| we | had overpunished |
| you | had overpunished |
| they | had overpunished |
Conditional
Present
| I | would overpunish |
| you | would overpunish |
| he;she;it | would overpunish |
| we | would overpunish |
| you | would overpunish |
| they | would overpunish |
Perfect
| I | would have overpunished |
| you | would have overpunished |
| he;she;it | would have overpunished |
| we | would have overpunished |
| you | would have overpunished |
| they | would have overpunished |
Imperative
| you | overpunish |
| we | Let's overpunish |
| you | overpunish |
Verbs conjugated like 'overpunish'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'overpunish'
overpolish,
overpublish,
overpunch,
overpush,
outpunish,
overfish,
overnourish,
overpoise,
overpraise,
overpulse,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From over- + punish.
Sample Sentences
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After each one of the two cards has been presented, the overpunished child will invariably say that the father (or mother) is going to hit the child with a belt, or fist, or some other implement; the child will feel bad; the child will be mad at the parent; and the child will want to run away, or less commonly, want to strike the parent back. [1976 March 1, Ralph S. Welsh, “VIOLENCE, PERMISSIVENESS THE OVERPUNISHED CHILD”, in Journal of Pediatric Psychology, volume 1, number 2, →DOI, page 68:]
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The United States currently incarcerates more people than any other country in the world, according to the Population Reference Bureau. John C. Jeffries Jr., today’s morning lecturer, will propose ways to combat a prison system that often “oversentences and overpunishes.” [2013 July 29, Maggie Livingstone, “Jeffries to address ‘oversentencing’ in U.S. justice system”, in The Chautauquan Daily, archived from the original on 06 Dec 2024:]
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Such analysis introduces significant legal uncertainty and may lead to excessive deterrence against wolf packing. In an increasingly crowded activist market, there is a real risk of overpunishing wolf-pack activism: stock prices may suffer due to increased market uncertainty over the legality and potential success of activist campaigns, including those that may yield value for shareholders. [2016, Robert Cyran, Richard Beales, NY TIMES, “Unpacking Wolf Packs”, in the yale law journal, volume 125, number 773, archived from the original on 14 Aug 2023:]
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The emphasis on prosecution and conviction as metrics of success leads police and prosecutors to overarrest, overprosecute, and overpunish low-level drug and other crimes in many cases. [2017, Sharon Dolovich, Alexandra Natapoff, The New Criminal Justice Thinking, page 61:]