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/ˌəʊ.vəˈʃɔː.tən/ · verb
(transitive) To shorten too much; make excessively or inappropriately short..
This plant has only a certain capacity for daylight, and to overshorten the nights would injure it.
Use overshorten when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Overshorten means (transitive) To shorten too much; make excessively or inappropriately short..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
This plant has only a certain capacity for daylight, and to overshorten the nights would injure it.
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