Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overproportionate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: over-pro-por-tion-ate
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

overproportioned

Example Sentences

"Therefore, an overproportionate decrease of the market price in times of falling demand may still serve as an indicator for imperfect collusion in a market […]"

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- Latin prōportiōnātusbor. English proportionate English overproportionate From over- + proportionate.

Inflected Forms

more overproportionate (comparative) most overproportionate (superlative)

Derived Forms

overproportionately

Questions

What does overproportionate mean?: overproportioned
Where does overproportionate 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- Latin prōportiōnātusbor. English proportionate English overproportionate From over- + proportionate.

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