Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overtrusting

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: overtrust-ing
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Excessively trusting.

Example Sentences

"The naive believer may seem overtrusting in his beliefs, but the critic becomes overtrusting of his criticism, so both are naive, the latter more dangerously than the former."

Etymology

From over- + trusting.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: over

Inflected Forms

more overtrusting (comparative) most overtrusting (superlative)

Questions

What does overtrusting mean?: Excessively trusting.
Where does overtrusting come from?: From over- + trusting.

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