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hypercompetitive

hypercompetitive adjective: extremely competitive.

Adjective

hypercompetitive (comparative more hypercompetitive, superlative most hypercompetitive)

  1. Extremely competitive.
    • The parents at this school are hypercompetitive.
    • The two hypercompetitive men each had their lawyers bid on the property. Ultimately, Mr. Trump came out ahead, purchasing it for $41.35 million.2025 July 19, Alan Feuer, Matthew Goldstein, “Inside the Long Friendship Between Trump and Epstein”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC

Forms of hypercompetitive

comparativemore hypercompetitive
superlativemost hypercompetitive

Origin of hypercompetitive

From hyper- + competitive.

Words formed from hypercompetitive

Questions about hypercompetitive

What does hypercompetitive mean?
Hypercompetitive means extremely competitive.
What part of speech is hypercompetitive?
Hypercompetitive is an adjective.

Words near hypercompetitive in the dictionary

  1. hypercompensations
  2. hypercompensatory
  3. hypercompetence
  4. hypercompetent
  5. hypercompetition
  6. hypercompetitive
  7. hypercompetitiveness
  8. hypercomplementemia
  9. hypercomplex
  10. hypercomplex number
  11. hypercomplex numbers

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