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overorganize

American  
[oh-ver-awr-guh-nahyz] / ˌoʊ vərˈɔr gəˌnaɪz /
especially British, overorganise

verb (used with object)

overorganized, overorganizing

  1. to stress formal structure, status, rules, and details excessively.

verb (used without object)

overorganized, overorganizing

  1. to become overorganized.

Other Word Forms

Etymology

Origin of overorganize

First recorded in 1895–1900; over- + organize

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