Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overinvolved

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: over-in-volved
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Excessively involved.

Example Sentences

"A young couple’s marriage is threatened when the husband, a social worker, becomes overinvolved with a disturbed client in this well-written novel, Gaige’s second."

Etymology

From over- + involved.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: over

Inflected Forms

more overinvolved (comparative) most overinvolved (superlative)

Questions

What does overinvolved mean?: Excessively involved.
Where does overinvolved come from?: From over- + involved.

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