Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overinhibited

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: over-in-hib-it-ed
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Excessively inhibited.

Example Sentences

"Twenty-five overinhibited children and twenty-five unsocialized aggressive children were followed up in the spring of 1944."
"Overinhibited children often benefit cathartically from dramatic play."

Etymology

From over- + inhibited.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: over

Inflected Forms

more overinhibited (comparative) most overinhibited (superlative)

Questions

What does overinhibited mean?: Excessively inhibited.
Where does overinhibited come from?: From over- + inhibited.

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