SINCE 1828
overorganize
verb
over·or·ga·nize
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overorganized;
overorganizing
Definition of overorganize
: to organize (something or someone) to an unnecessary degree
It was bad enough when our parents tried to overorganize and overstructure our lives; we weren't about to do it ourselves.— William Schwarz Don't overorganize kids.— David Walsh When we overorganize our spaces, we don't have time to maintain the systems we create and the whole apparatus crashes.— Robert J. Morgan When you feel like you are doing three steps when you could be doing just one, you are overorganizing …— Lanna Nakone
Other Words from overorganize
overorganized
\ ˌō-vər-ə-ˈȯr-gə-ˌnīzd
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adjective
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adjective
an overorganized person/life/office
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