Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oversecure

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: over-se-cure
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Secure beyond necessity.

verb

To secure beyond necessity.

Example Sentences

"As discussed in Chapter 4, “Planning for Governance,” you need to carefully consider the implications of “oversecuring” content. If every site is locked down for Read access, it will be hard to achieve your knowledge management objectives."
"After you have identified these [considerations], you should start asking why to make sure you are not oversecuring the information and wasting resources. Asking what, how, and why of the data you are sending will go a long way in planning the security of the information you send from one node of your system to another, […]"

Etymology

From over- + secure.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: over

Inflected Forms

more oversecure (comparative) most oversecure (superlative) oversecures (present, singular) oversecuring (participle, present) oversecured (participle, past) oversecured (past)

Questions

What does oversecure mean?: Secure beyond necessity.
Where does oversecure come from?: From over- + secure.

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