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overcommon

overcommon adjective: excessively common; very frequently encountered.

Adjective

overcommon (comparative more overcommon, superlative most overcommon)

  1. Excessively common; very frequently encountered.
    • […] shall it be decried in a world where beauty is not overcommon […]1897, George Meredith, The egoist, a comedy in narrative, page 275

Forms of overcommon

comparativemore overcommon
superlativemost overcommon

Origin of overcommon

over- + common

Questions about overcommon

What does overcommon mean?
Overcommon means excessively common; very frequently encountered.
What part of speech is overcommon?
Overcommon is an adjective.

Words near overcommon in the dictionary

  1. overcommittal
  2. overcommitted
  3. overcommitter
  4. overcommitters
  5. overcommitting
  6. overcommon
  7. overcommunicate
  8. overcommunicated
  9. overcommunicates
  10. overcommunicating
  11. overcommunication

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