overprotect
verb
over·pro·tect
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overprotected;
overprotecting
Definition of overprotect
: 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
Other Words from overprotect
overprotection
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noun
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noun
… millennials' perceived entitlement isn't a result of overprotection but an adaptation to a world of abundance.
— Joel Stein
overprotective
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adjective
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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
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overprotect
transitive verb
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Medical Definition of overprotect
: to protect unduly
overprotected children
Other Words from overprotect
overprotective
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adjective
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adjective