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overapprehensive

overapprehensive adjective: excessively apprehensive.

Adjective

overapprehensive (comparative more overapprehensive, superlative most overapprehensive)

  1. Excessively apprehensive.

Forms of overapprehensive

comparativemore overapprehensive
superlativemost overapprehensive

Origin of overapprehensive

From over- + apprehensive.

Questions about overapprehensive

What does overapprehensive mean?
Overapprehensive means excessively apprehensive.
What part of speech is overapprehensive?
Overapprehensive is an adjective.

Words near overapprehensive in the dictionary

  1. overappraise
  2. overappraised
  3. overappraises
  4. overappraising
  5. overappreciated
  6. overapprehensive
  7. overapproximate
  8. overapproximated
  9. overapproximates
  10. overapproximating
  11. overapproximation

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