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over- +‎ accommodate

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overaccommodate (third-person singular simple present overaccommodates, present participle overaccommodating, simple past and past participle overaccommodated)

  1. (transitive) To be too accommodating towards.
    • 2008 March 17, “Governor Paterson’s Tests”, in New York Times[1]:
      Finally, the accommodating new governor needs to make certain he does not overaccommodate Albany’s leaders.
  2. (ophthalmology) To adjust the focus of the eye so that the image resolves at a point behind the retina.