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overcompetitiveness

overcompetitiveness noun: the quality of being overcompetitive.

Noun

overcompetitiveness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being overcompetitive.
    • Willie Dick has all the usual bad qualities of very small, very intelligent men: vanity, arrogance, overcompetitiveness, a long memory for injuries and slights.2007, Michael Chabon, The Yiddish Policemen’s Union, 4th Estate (2010), page 274

Origin of overcompetitiveness

From overcompetitive + -ness.

Questions about overcompetitiveness

What does overcompetitiveness mean?
Overcompetitiveness means the quality of being overcompetitive.
What part of speech is overcompetitiveness?
Overcompetitiveness is a noun.

Words near overcompetitiveness in the dictionary

  1. overcompensators
  2. overcompensatory
  3. overcompetence
  4. overcompetition
  5. overcompetitive
  6. overcompetitiveness
  7. overcomplacency
  8. overcomplacent
  9. overcomplacently
  10. overcomplete
  11. overcompleteness

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