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adjective over·age \ˌō-vər-ˈāj\
: of an age that is greater than what is normal or allowed
Full Definition of OVERAGE
1
: too old to be useful
2
: older than is normal for one's position, function, or grade
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Variants of OVERAGE
over·age also over·aged \-ˈājd\
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Origin of OVERAGE
2over + age
First Known Use: 15th century
Rhymes with OVERAGE
2overage
noun over·age \ˈō-və-rij, ˈōv-rij\
: an amount by which something (such as a payment) is too much
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Origin of OVERAGE
3over + -age
First Known Use: 1909
Related to OVERAGE
- Synonyms
- bellyful, fat, overabundance, excess, overflow, overkill, overmuch, overplus, oversupply, plethora, plus, redundancy, superabundance, superfluity, surfeit, surplus, surplusage
- Antonyms
- deficiency, deficit, insufficiency, undersupply
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