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overdiscourage

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
overdis-cour-age
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To discourage excessively.

Transitive verb

Etymology

From over- + discourage.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

overdiscourages (present, singular) overdiscouraging (participle, present) overdiscouraged (participle, past) overdiscouraged (past)

Questions

What does overdiscourage mean?
To discourage excessively.
Where does overdiscourage come from?
From over- + discourage.

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