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overadjustment

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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Countable; Uncountable

"These CD4 T cell-related variables were associated with ethnicity and were excluded from the initial model, to prevent overadjustment."

overadjustments (plural)

What does overadjustment mean?: excessive adjustment
Where does overadjustment 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- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- Proto-Indo-European *-u Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₂yéwos Proto-Italic *jowos Archaic Latin *iowos, *iowez- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Archaic Latin -tus Archaic Latin iovestos Latin iūstusbor. Old French juste French juste French ajuster Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -ment Middle French -ment French -ment French ajustementbor. English adjustment English overadjustment From over- + adjustment.

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