Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overproficient

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: over-pro-fi-cient
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Very or excessively proficient.

Example Sentences

"Michael was limber, Sir Alexander stocky; neither was overproficient with his fists."
"The houseman decided that Eldridge must have only recently taken up the occupation and was not overproficient at it."

Etymology

From over- + proficient.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: over

Inflected Forms

more overproficient (comparative) most overproficient (superlative)

Questions

What does overproficient mean?: Very or excessively proficient.
Where does overproficient come from?: From over- + proficient.

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