Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overconcern

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: over-con-cern
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

excessive concern

Uncountable

verb

To concern excessively.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"October 1967, Vladimir Nabokov, interview with Herbert Gold in Paris Review Now, if we want to pin down poshlost in contemporary writing, we must look for it in Freudian symbolism, moth-eaten mythologies, social comment, humanistic messages, political allegories, overconcern with class or race, and the journalistic generalities we all know."
"Don't overconcern yourself with small details."

Etymology

From over- + concern.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: over

Usage

Inflected Forms

overconcerns (present, singular) overconcerning (participle, present) overconcerned (participle, past) overconcerned (past)

Questions

What does overconcern mean?: excessive concern
Where does overconcern come from?: From over- + concern.

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