overaccommodate
English
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From over- + accommodate.
Verb
overaccommodate (third-person singular simple present overaccommodates, present participle overaccommodating, simple past and past participle overaccommodated)
- (transitive) To be too accommodating towards.
- 2008 March 17, “Governor Paterson’s Tests”, in The New York Times[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 6 June 2024:
- Finally, the accommodating new governor needs to make certain he does not overaccommodate Albany’s leaders.
- (ophthalmology) To adjust the focus of the eye so that the image resolves at a point behind the retina.
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- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *h₂éd
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- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *upér
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *ḱóm
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