Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

over-hedging

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.96 in modern English

Syllables
over-hedg-ing
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

speculative hedging for an excessive amount

Uncountable

Etymology

From over- + hedging.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Questions

What does over-hedging mean?
speculative hedging for an excessive amount
Where does over-hedging come from?
From over- + hedging.

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