Definition of Overencouraging

1. overencourage [v] - See also: overencourage

Lexicographical Neighbors of Overencouraging

overemphasising
overemphasize
overemphasized
overemphasizes
overemphasizing
overemphatic
overemphatically
overemptied
overempties
overempty
overemptying
overenamored
overencourage
overencouraged
overencourages
overencouraging (current term)
overenergetic
overenergized
overenforcement
overengineer
overengineered
overengineering
overengineers
overenjoy
overenjoyed
overenjoying
overenjoys
overenrolled
overentertained
overenthusiasm

Literary usage of Overencouraging

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

1. We and Our Children by Woods Hutchinson (1911)
"... the appetite or overencouraging the indolence of the delicate child who has a top- heavy brain. Everything that he eats will turn to brain. ..."

2. Addressing the Economics of Waste by OECD Staff, Oecd (2004)
"... households to recycle high-value recyclables and overencouraging households to recycle low-value recyclables. Scheme 3. The ADF in this scheme is large, ..."

3. Monthly Consular and Trade Reports by United States Bureau of Manufactures (1903)
"... but so far their success has not been overencouraging, it being found that the American locomotives consume more coal and possess less drawing power ..."

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