overquantify
To quantify too much; to interpret with too great a focus on numbers, quotas, etc.
Verb
- To quantify too much; to interpret with too great a focus on numbers, quotas, etc.
- Problems arise with evaluation systems that are overquantified — when decisions or judgments predominantly rely on satisfying numerical requirements. - 2000, Kenneth D. Peterson, Teacher evaluation:
Origin
From over- + quantify.