Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overindustrious

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: overindus-tri-ous
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Alternative form of over-industrious.

Example Sentences

"There are lizards and snakes, frogs and crabs, tarantulas and spiders, hornets and beetles, and the greatest nuisance of all is the swarming and overindustrious ant. Overindustrious creatures are always a nuisance."
"It may be that there is no time when one could not be doing something for a child or the well-being of the Acme Bolt Company or the local Democratic party; although a wise person will not be overindustrious."
"Instead, he saw himself as running away from an overindustrious past and getting free of any steady employment—getting free to ramble in a way that no black person could safely do."

Etymology

From over- + industrious.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: over

Questions

What does overindustrious mean?: Alternative form of over-industrious.
Where does overindustrious come from?: From over- + industrious.

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