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overattentive

overattentive adjective: excessively attentive.

Adjective

overattentive (comparative more overattentive, superlative most overattentive)

  1. Excessively attentive

Forms of overattentive

comparativemore overattentive
superlativemost overattentive

Origin of overattentive

From over- + attentive.

Words formed from overattentive

Questions about overattentive

What does overattentive mean?
Overattentive means excessively attentive.
What part of speech is overattentive?
Overattentive is an adjective.

Words near overattentive in the dictionary

  1. overattended
  2. overattending
  3. overattends
  4. overattention
  5. overattentions
  6. overattentive
  7. overattentively
  8. overattentiveness
  9. overattenuated
  10. overattribute
  11. overattributed

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