oversubsidize

English

Etymology

over- +‎ subsidize

Verb

oversubsidize (third-person singular simple present oversubsidizes, present participle oversubsidizing, simple past and past participle oversubsidized)

1. (transitive) To subsidize too much.
   • 2009 September 20, Jennifer Steinhauer, “In Phoenix, Weekend Users Make Light Rail a Success”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     She and her colleagues still think the rail is oversubsidized, but in terms of predictions of failure, she said, “We don’t dwell.”