Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overharvest

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: over-har-vest
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To harvest too much, especially at an unsustainably high level.

noun

An excessive harvest.

Example Sentences

"The fish in this area have been overharvested for years."

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- English harvest English overharvest From over- + harvest.

Inflected Forms

overharvests (present, singular) overharvesting (participle, present) overharvested (participle, past) overharvested (past) overharvests (plural)

Questions

What does overharvest mean?: To harvest too much, especially at an unsustainably high level.
Where does overharvest 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- English harvest English overharvest From over- + harvest.

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