Usually means: Focus narrowly, limiting versatility, adaptability.
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  1. overspecialize: Merriam-Webster
  2. overspecialize: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. overspecialize: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. overspecialize: Collins English Dictionary
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  8. overspecialize: Rhymezone
  9. overspecialize: FreeDictionary.org
  10. overspecialize: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. overspecialize: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ verb:  To specialize to an excessive degree.

Similar:
overspecialise, hyperspecialize, overspecify, overoptimize, overexoticize, oversystematize, overdiversify, overconcentrate, hyperexaggerate, overdevelop, more...

Opposite:
diversify, generalize, broaden, expand, variety

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Similar:
overspecialise, hyperspecialize, overspecify, overoptimize, overexoticize, oversystematize, overdiversify, overconcentrate, hyperexaggerate, overdevelop, more...

Opposite:
diversify, generalize, broaden, expand, variety



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