overindex

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From over- +‎ index.

Verb

overindex (third-person singular simple present overindexes, present participle overindexing, simple past and past participle overindexed)

  1. (programming, transitive) To attempt to access an element beyond the bounds of (an array).
  2. (finance or figuratively) To overweight; to overemphasize.
    • 2017 May 25, Mark Zuckerberg, “Mark Zuckerberg’s Commencement address at Harvard”, in The Harvard Gazette‎[1], archived from the original on 26 May 2017:
      Right now our society is way over-indexed on rewarding success and we don’t do nearly enough to make it easy for everyone to take lots of shots.
    • 2025 May 10, Janan Ganesh, “Why travel didn't bring the world together”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 19:
      Travel can be enormous fun. Besides that, it can be an educational top-up, if you arrive in a place with a foundation of reading. (And if you don't over-index whatever you happen to observe in person.)
    • 2025 July 20, Matthew Walther, “Sorry, This Epstein Stuff Isn’t Going to Hurt Trump”, in The New York Times‎[2], →ISSN, archived from the original on 20 July 2025:
      Even for the handful of true believers who cling tightly to conspiracy theories — and the MAGA movement may overindex here — their thinking is endlessly malleable.
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