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ultrasensitive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.56 in modern English

Syllables
ul-tra-sen-si-tive
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Extremely or excessively sensitive.

Etymology

From ultra- + sensitive.

Inflected Forms

more ultrasensitive (comparative) most ultrasensitive (superlative)

Derived Forms

ultrasensitively ultrasensitiveness ultrasensitivity

Frequently Paired Words

hypersensitive supersensitive

Questions

What does ultrasensitive mean?
Extremely or excessively sensitive.
Where does ultrasensitive come from?
From ultra- + sensitive.

How to pronounce ultrasensitive

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