Definition of Overencourage

1. [v -AGED, -AGING, -AGES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Overencourage

overemphasise
overemphasised
overemphasises
overemphasising
overemphasize
overemphasized
overemphasizes
overemphasizing
overemphatic
overemphatically
overemptied
overempties
overempty
overemptying
overenamored
overencourage (current term)
overencouraged
overencourages
overencouraging
overenergetic
overenergized
overenforcement
overengineer
overengineered
overengineering
overengineers
overenjoy
overenjoyed
overenjoying
overenjoys

Literary usage of Overencourage

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Patterns of Deprivation in the Soviet Union Under Brezhnev and Gorbachev by Mervyn Matthews (1989)
"It has always been plagued by distortions that overencourage or hinder individual effort, depending on their nature. Regardless of its policy towards ..."

2. Addressing the Economics of Waste by OECD Staff, Oecd (2004)
"... to recycle high-value recyclables and overencourage households to recycle low-value recyclables. Moreover since the ADF would presumably be collected at ..."

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