Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overadjusted

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: over-ad-just-ed
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having been adjusted too much.

adj

Too happy with their position in life.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English adjusted English overadjusted From over- + adjusted.

Inflected Forms

more overadjusted (comparative) most overadjusted (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

overadjustment

Questions

What does overadjusted mean?: Having been adjusted too much.
Where does overadjusted come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English adjusted English overadjusted From over- + adjusted.

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