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overalert

overalert adjective: excessively alert.

Adjective

overalert (comparative more overalert, superlative most overalert)

  1. Excessively alert.

Forms of overalert

comparativemore overalert
superlativemost overalert

Origin of overalert

From over- + alert.

Words formed from overalert

Questions about overalert

What does overalert mean?
Overalert means excessively alert.
What part of speech is overalert?
Overalert is an adjective.

Words near overalert in the dictionary

  1. overagonising
  2. overagonize
  3. overagonized
  4. overagonizes
  5. overagonizing
  6. overalert
  7. overalertness
  8. overalign
  9. overaligned
  10. overaligning
  11. overalignment

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