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overdriven

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.72 in modern English

Syllables
over-driv-en
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Driven too hard, or beyond normal limits; exhausted.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English driven English overdriven From over- + driven.

Inflected Forms

more overdriven (comparative) most overdriven (superlative)

Questions

What does overdriven mean?
Driven too hard, or beyond normal limits; exhausted.
Where does overdriven come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English driven English overdriven From over- + driven.

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