Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

over-optimistic

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.87 in modern English

Syllables: over-op-ti-mistic
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Alternative form of overoptimistic.

Example Sentences

"As we know, what sank National Express East Coast and Virgin Trains East Coast were over-optimistic forecasts of revenue growth."

Etymology

From over- + optimistic.

Inflected Forms

more over-optimistic (comparative) most over-optimistic (superlative)

Questions

What does over-optimistic mean?: Alternative form of overoptimistic.
Where does over-optimistic come from?: From over- + optimistic.

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