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Etymology

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over- +‎ insure

Verb

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overinsure (third-person singular simple present overinsures, present participle overinsuring, simple past and past participle overinsured)

  1. (transitive) To insure for too great a value.
    • 2009 April 1, David Streitfeld, “Boats Too Costly to Keep Are Littering Coastlines”, in New York Times[1]:
      I am overinsured on this boat.
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