overaccelerate

English

Etymology

From over- +‎ accelerate.

Verb

overaccelerate (third-person singular simple present overaccelerates, present participle overaccelerating, simple past and past participle overaccelerated)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To accelerate too much.
   • 2009 June 28, Peggy Orenstein, “The Overextended Family”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     At the same time, all that virtual togetherness may overaccelerate a courtship.

Related terms

• overacceleration