overpreach

English

Etymology

From over- +‎ preach.

Verb

overpreach (third-person singular simple present overpreaches, present participle overpreaching, simple past and past participle overpreached)

1. (ambitransitive) To preach excessively.
   • 2006, Denis Goulet, Development Ethics at Work: Explorations - 1960-2002, page 35:

     Galbraith once wrote, not without irony, that moralists tend to exaggerate the blessings of poverty and overpreach the dangers inherent in wealth.