Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hypercorrective

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hy-per-cor-rec-tive
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Tending to hypercorrect; pertaining to hypercorrection.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From hyper- + corrective.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more hypercorrective (comparative) most hypercorrective (superlative) hyper-corrective (alternative)

Derived Forms

hypercorrectively

Questions

What does hypercorrective mean?
Tending to hypercorrect; pertaining to hypercorrection.
Where does hypercorrective come from?
From hyper- + corrective.

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