overcreative
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Example Sentences
- ""I tend to get overcreative when things aren't going well," says [David] Cone in one of his many astute self-analyses. "I've tried all those different grips — some I've never used before — and somewhere in the middle I lose my way. Too much tinkering, too much Young Tom Edison. I'm a victim of my own style.""
- "It's called Bell's Diner and the chef is called Chris Wicks. It's in Montpelier in Bristol. He's a very creative chef, but not overcreative."
- "He was lean and wore a Hawaiian shirt with teal sharks eating palm trees, Dickies painter pants, a straw hat with a beer logo, argyle socks with red sneakers, unflinchingly overcreative."
Etymology
From over- + creative.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: over-
Inflected Forms
more overcreative (comparative)
most overcreative (superlative)