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over-sensitive

over-sensitive is the alternative spelling of oversensitive.

Meaning of oversensitive

Adjective

oversensitive (comparative more oversensitive, superlative most oversensitive)

  1. Having excessive sensitivity; reacting to stimuli too readily; thin-skinned.

Forms of over-sensitive

comparativemore over-sensitive
superlativemost over-sensitive

Questions about over-sensitive

What is over-sensitive the alternative spelling of?
Over-sensitive is the alternative spelling of oversensitive.

Words near over-sensitive in the dictionary

  1. over-run
  2. over-secrete
  3. over-secreted
  4. over-secretes
  5. over-secreting
  6. over-sensitive
  7. over-simplification
  8. over-stimulation
  9. over-supinate
  10. over-supinated
  11. over-supinates

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