Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hypercompetitive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.25 in modern English

Syllables: hy-per-com-pet-i-tive
IPA

33

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

6

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Extremely competitive.

Example Sentences

"The parents at this school are hypercompetitive."
"The two hypercompetitive men each had their lawyers bid on the property. Ultimately, Mr. Trump came out ahead, purchasing it for $41.35 million."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Hellenic *hupér Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der. English hyper- English competitive English hypercompetitive From hyper- + competitive.

Inflected Forms

more hypercompetitive (comparative) most hypercompetitive (superlative)

Derived Forms

hypercompetitiveness

Questions

What does hypercompetitive mean?: Extremely competitive.
Where does hypercompetitive come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Hellenic *hupér Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der. English hyper- English competitive English hypercompetitive From hyper- + competitive.

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