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overconsumption

/ˈoʊvɚkənsˌʌmpʃən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.09 in modern English

Syllables
over-con-sump-tion
IPA
/ˈoʊvɚkənsˌʌmpʃən/
24
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Excessive consumption.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

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- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub- Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₁émeti Proto-Italic *emō Latin emō Latin sūmō Latin cōnsūmō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin cōnsūmptiōder. Old French consumpcionbor. Middle English consumpcioun English consumption English overconsumption From over- + consumption.

Usage

Inflected Forms

overconsumptions (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

overconsume gluttony

Rhymes With

consumption assumption presumption resumption gumption sumption subsumption underconsumption absumption hyperconsumption nonconsumption reassumption

Questions

How do you pronounce overconsumption?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈoʊvɚkənsˌʌmpʃən/.
What does overconsumption mean?
Excessive consumption.
Where does overconsumption 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- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub- Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₁émeti Proto-Italic *emō Latin emō Latin sūmō Latin cōnsūmō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin cōnsūmptiōder. Old French consumpcionbor. Middle English consumpcioun English consumption English overconsumption From over- + consumption.

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