Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

over-sensitive

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.45 in modern English

Syllables: over-sen-si-tive
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Alternative spelling of oversensitive.

Example Sentences

"The reason it’s worth standing up for punctuation is not that it’s an arbitrary system of notation known only to an over-sensitive elite who have attacks of the vapours when they see it misapplied."

Inflected Forms

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

Questions

What does over-sensitive mean?: Alternative spelling of oversensitive.

How to pronounce over-sensitive

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