Definition of Overprotecting

1. Verb. (present participle of overprotect) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Overprotecting

1. overprotect [v] - See also: overprotect

Lexicographical Neighbors of Overprotecting

overpronate
overpronated
overpronates
overpronating
overpronation
overpronator
overpronators
overproof
overproportion
overproportionate
overproportioned
overproportioning
overproportions
overprotect
overprotected
overprotecting (current term)
overprotection
overprotections
overprotective
overprotectively
overprotectiveness
overprotector
overprotectors
overprotects
overproud
overprovident
overprovision
overprovisioned
overprovisioning
overprovoke

Literary usage of Overprotecting

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Questions of Life, Answers of Wisdom by M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (1991)
"'on 5 How can we reach a balance between giving a child too much exposure to the world and overprotecting them? 49 Is there a point at which God or the ..."

2. Screamfree Parenting: Raising Your Kids by Keeping Your Cool by Hal Edward Runkel (2005)
"... for our child to experience pain, so we had better do whatever it takes to avoid that. Even if it means overprotecting them. Even if it means smothering ..."

3. U.S.-Japan Strategic Reciprocity: A Neo-Internationalist View by Edward A. Olsen (1985)
"I addressed this issue in "overprotecting US Allies in the Western Pacific," Asia Record, April 1982. 86. FB/S 4 (March 26, 1983): C1. 87. ..."

4. Safety in Road Traffic for Vulnerable Users by Ecmt (2000)
"... and must not imply his relegation to a second class role in traffic, a role in which our action would consist of overprotecting him. ..."

5. Critical Infrastructure Protection: Significant Challenges in Developing by Robert F. Dacey (2001)
"... certain vital assets while overprotecting assets of lesser importance. The NIPC and the NIPC squads at FBI field offices began identifying key assets ..."

6. Congress Constitutional Role in Protecting Religious Liberty: Congressional edited by Orrin G. Hatch (2001)
"When a co-ordinate branch says the Court is overprotecting liberty and unduly restricting the discretion of the co-ordinate branch expressing the opinion, ..."

7. Strengthening the Family by Marian F. Zeitlin (1995)
"As Geertz noted, soothing and overprotecting infants, and inculcation of self-control after the age ..."

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