Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overpermissive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
over-per-mis-sive
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

Example Sentences

Etymology

From over- + permissive.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more overpermissive (comparative) most overpermissive (superlative)

Questions

What does overpermissive mean?
Excessively permissive; allowing too much leeway.
Where does overpermissive come from?
From over- + permissive.

How to pronounce overpermissive

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