Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overfeature

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: over-fea-ture
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To feature excessively.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"When recently I told the editor of our leading city paper that I thought he overfeatured the late Pope's death and the coronation of his successor, he said, what I could not gainsay: […]"
"I believe our educational system has overfeatured the quantitative phase of education in order that they might get students ready for college."
"Despite a tendency to overfeature himself in Inside Rochdale, Abramson was a good editor who generally tried to report the news fairly and in reasonable depth."

Etymology

From over- + feature.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: over

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

overfeatures (present, singular) overfeaturing (participle, present) overfeatured (participle, past) overfeatured (past)

Frequently Paired Words

overfeatured

Questions

What does overfeature mean?: To feature excessively.
Where does overfeature come from?: From over- + feature.

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