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overhunting

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.36 in modern English

Syllables
over-hunt-ing
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Hunting at unsustainable levels.

Uncountable

verb

present participle and gerund of overhunt

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- English hunting English overhunting From over- + hunting.

Usage

Frequently Paired Words

overfishing

Questions

What does overhunting mean?
Hunting at unsustainable levels.
Where does overhunting 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 hunting English overhunting From over- + hunting.

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