Overdefer
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Overdefer is a verb meaning To defer a larger amount than one should.
Meaning
To defer a larger amount than one should.
More Meanings
- To be overly deferential.
Example Sentences
There are occasions when consumers are overdeferred to for the sake of more business.
The analysis overdefers to government regulation and it understates the power of existing risk controls.
Employees who will overdefer because 1997 has 27 paydays will have their deductions decreased automatically by WDC.
More troublingly, the history above strongly suggests that these structural biases in fact routinely pushed courts to overdefer to police judgment.
Word Forms
- overdefers
- overdeferring
- overdeferred
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include defer, redefer, wait, lie over, underwithhold, overwithhold.
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