Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overprecaution

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: over-pre-cau-tion
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The tendency to exercise more caution than would be necessary.

Uncountable

noun

An unnecessary safety measure.

Countable

Etymology

From over- + precaution.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: over

Usage

Inflected Forms

overprecautions (plural)

Questions

What does overprecaution mean?: The tendency to exercise more caution than would be necessary.
Where does overprecaution come from?: From over- + precaution.

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