overextension
About 0.09 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun The state or quality of being overextended; extension beyond normal, correct, or appropriate bounds or limits.
- noun Application of a term to too many referents, as for example when a child uses cat to refer to all animals.
Similar words
over-extension overextention overreach overstretch overlimit excess overreachingness overextender exceeding overage
Often followed by
of and in is or errors that to as
Word family
overextend overextended overextending overextends overextensions
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