overreaching
adjective
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adj
Etymology: Etymology tree English overreach Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ynge English -ing English overreaching From overreach + -ing.
- That overreaches (all senses).
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree English overreach Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English overreaching From overreach + -ing.
- The act or process of overreach (e.g. reaching beyond or extending past acceptable limits).
- Deception.
“You cannot mention trade or business, for instance, but they will relate the frauds and overreachings by which such an one has acquired the wealth which he now possesses.”
“Any work of art/propaganda is surely permitted to lie. But Stone's overreachings in JFK are head-banging. How did he get this thing past the Script Dept.?”
verb
Etymology: Etymology tree English overreach Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ynge English -ing English overreaching From overreach + -ing.
- present participle and gerund of overreach