overincarcerated
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
6
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of whom a disproportionate number are in prison.
Example Sentences
- "For things like drugs and nonviolent offenses, they’re being hideously overpoliced and overincarcerated."
Etymology
From over- + incarcerated.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: over
Inflected Forms
more overincarcerated (comparative)
most overincarcerated (superlative)