Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overquery

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: over-query
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To ask too many questions.

Example Sentences

"Try not to overquery; resolve as many problems as you can, but query if there is any possibility that you have changed the meaning."
"Beginning Rorschach examiners have a tendency to overquery. Believing that they need to see the response exactly as the examinee saw it, they continue to query until they can see the response the same way or until the examinee is unable to provide additional information."

Etymology

From over- + query.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: over

Inflected Forms

overqueries (present, singular) overquerying (participle, present) overqueried (participle, past) overqueried (past)

Questions

What does overquery mean?: To ask too many questions.
Where does overquery come from?: From over- + query.

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