Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overlicensed

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: over-li-censed
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Licensed too much or too widely.

adj

Having purchased more licences than are legally required.

Example Sentences

"By the early 1980s, Gucci was overlicensed, with its logo on every product imaginable from headscarves to key rings to lighters."

Etymology

From over- + licensed.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: over

Inflected Forms

more overlicensed (comparative) most overlicensed (superlative)

Questions

What does overlicensed mean?: Licensed too much or too widely.
Where does overlicensed come from?: From over- + licensed.

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