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hyperambitious

hyperambitious adjective: very highly ambitious.

Adjective

hyperambitious (comparative more hyperambitious, superlative most hyperambitious)

  1. Very highly ambitious.
    • Wall Street’s culture still attracts hyperambitious men and women who are willing to do whatever it takes — pulling consecutive all-nighters or working through holiday weekends — to differentiate themselves and to meet their bosses’ weighty expectations.2015 October 3, William D. Cohan, “Deaths Draw Attention to Wall Street’s Grueling Pace”, in New York Times

Forms of hyperambitious

comparativemore hyperambitious
superlativemost hyperambitious

Origin of hyperambitious

From hyper- + ambitious.

Questions about hyperambitious

What does hyperambitious mean?
Hyperambitious means very highly ambitious.
What part of speech is hyperambitious?
Hyperambitious is an adjective.

Words near hyperambitious in the dictionary

  1. hyperalphalipoproteinaemia
  2. hyperalphalipoproteinemia
  3. hyperaltruism
  4. hyperaltruistic
  5. hyperamative
  6. hyperambitious
  7. hyperaminoacidemia
  8. hyperaminoacidemias
  9. hyperaminoaciduria
  10. hyperammonaemia
  11. hyperammonaemias

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