overquantify

English

Etymology

From over- +‎ quantify.

Verb

overquantify (third-person singular simple present overquantifies, present participle overquantifying, simple past and past participle overquantified)

  1. (transitive) To quantify too much; to interpret with too great a focus on numbers, quotas, etc.
    • 2000, Kenneth D. Peterson, Teacher evaluation:
      Problems arise with evaluation systems that are overquantified — when decisions or judgments predominantly rely on satisfying numerical requirements.
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