overaccelerate

overaccelerate

English

Etymology

    From over- + accelerate.

    Verb

    overaccelerate (third-person singular simple present overaccelerates, present participle overaccelerating, simple past and past participle overaccelerated)

    1. (ambitransitive) To accelerate too much.
      • 2009 June 28, Peggy Orenstein, “The Overextended Family”, in New York Times[1]:
        At the same time, all that virtual togetherness may overaccelerate a courtship.