overeat
verb (used without object)
to eat too much.
overeaten
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past participleof overeat.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
Example Sentences
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Because satiety signals take time to travel from the stomach to the brain, by the time people realize they’re full, these high-density foods all but ensure they’ve already substantially overeaten.
From Slate ● Jul. 18, 2023
First was a food environment stocked with cheap, convenient foods, deliberately designed to be overeaten, in our face 24/7.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 25, 2023
Consumers may blame themselves for overindulging in these foods, but what if it is in the nature of these products to be overeaten?
From The Guardian ● Feb. 12, 2020
Peterson said the park’s balsam fir trees, the preferred food for moose during winter, are being overeaten.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 18, 2017
Tatan Nene, greatly astonished at the thought that she had overeaten herself, was laughing vaguely over her own stupidity.
From Four Short Stories By Emile Zola by Émile Zola
