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extrasensitive

extrasensitive adjective: highly or excessively sensitive; hypersensitive.

Adjective

extrasensitive (comparative more extrasensitive, superlative most extrasensitive)

  1. Highly or excessively sensitive; hypersensitive.
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Forms of extrasensitive

comparativemore extrasensitive
superlativemost extrasensitive

Origin of extrasensitive

From extra- + sensitive.

Questions about extrasensitive

What does extrasensitive mean?
Extrasensitive means highly or excessively sensitive; hypersensitive.
What part of speech is extrasensitive?
Extrasensitive is an adjective.

Words near extrasensitive in the dictionary

  1. extrasegmentally
  2. extrasellar
  3. extrasemantic
  4. extraseminal
  5. extrasensible
  6. extrasensitive
  7. extrasensorial
  8. extrasensorily
  9. extrasensory
  10. extrasensory perception
  11. extrasensory perceptions

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