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over-industrious

over-industrious adjective: excessively industrious.

Adjective

over-industrious (not comparable)

  1. Excessively industrious.

Forms of over-industrious

alternative formoverindustrious

Origin of over-industrious

From over + industrious.

Questions about over-industrious

What does over-industrious mean?
Over-industrious means excessively industrious.
What part of speech is over-industrious?
Over-industrious is an adjective.

Words near over-industrious in the dictionary

  1. over-indexing
  2. over-indulge
  3. over-indulged
  4. over-indulges
  5. over-indulging
  6. over-industrious
  7. over-insolent
  8. over-insolently
  9. over-involvement
  10. over-involvements
  11. over-joyous

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