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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overdefensive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
overde-fen-sive
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Excessively defensive.

Etymology

From over- + defensive.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more overdefensive (comparative) most overdefensive (superlative)

Questions

What does overdefensive mean?
Excessively defensive.
Where does overdefensive come from?
From over- + defensive.

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