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overjustify

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
over-jus-ti-fy
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To justify excessively; to provide too much justification for.

Transitive verb

verb

Specifically, to provide external incentive for an already-internally-motivated behavior, thereby risking the loss of the original motivation.

Transitive verb

Etymology

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- English justify English overjustify From over- + justify.

Usage

Inflected Forms

overjustifies (present, singular) overjustifying (participle, present) overjustified (participle, past) overjustified (past)

Derived Forms

overjustification

Questions

What does overjustify mean?
To justify excessively; to provide too much justification for.
Where does overjustify 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- English justify English overjustify From over- + justify.

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