Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overclassification

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: over-clas-si-fi-ca-tion
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

6

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Excessive classification.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"According to the bill’s sponsor, Representative Steve Driehaus, Democrat of Ohio, there were 362,000 F.O.I.A. requests last year, and almost a third of them still remain to be processed because of overclassification."

Etymology

From over- + classification.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: over

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

overclassifications (plural)

Questions

What does overclassification mean?: Excessive classification.
Where does overclassification come from?: From over- + classification.

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