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overprotect

verb

over·​pro·​tect ˌō-vər-prə-ˈtekt How to pronounce overprotect (audio)
overprotected; overprotecting

transitive verb

: to protect (someone or something) more than is necessary or reasonable
Resist overprotecting your daughter because it sends the message that you think she can't handle the situation … Kathy Lynn
But this lawsuit questions whether the university had overprotected an athlete. Marcia Chambers
One never notices a dead flower, and other artists have said they feel the garden actually looks too fresh and overprotected. R. I. C. Fisher
overprotection noun
… millennials' perceived entitlement isn't a result of overprotection but an adaptation to a world of abundance. Joel Stein
overprotective adjective
… she was constantly anxious and pathologically overprotective of her son; he had, literally, to escape the grounds of their estate and the watchfulness of a swarm of servants in order to play with another child. Anne Bernays
overprotectiveness noun
held back by the overprotectiveness of his parents

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1885, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of overprotect was circa 1885

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