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overcreative

overcreative adjective: excessively creative.

Adjective

overcreative (comparative more overcreative, superlative most overcreative)

  1. Excessively creative.
    • "I tend to get overcreative when things aren't going well," says [David] Cone in one of his many astute self-analyses. "I've tried all those different grips — some I've never used before — and somewhere in the middle I lose my way. Too much tinkering, too much Young Tom Edison. I'm a victim of my...2001 May 1, Michiko Kakutani, “Books of The Times: Toting the Wins and Losses Of a Pitcher's Art and Psyche”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived...
    • It's called Bell's Diner and the chef is called Chris Wicks. It's in Montpelier in Bristol. He's a very creative chef, but not overcreative.2008 November 25, Rachel Dixon, quoting Andrea Leeman, “Table talk”, in The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 Dec 2015

Examples of overcreative in a sentence

  • "I tend to get overcreative when things aren't going well," says [David] Cone in one of his many astute self-analyses.2001 May 1, Michiko Kakutani, “Books of The Times: Toting the Wins and Losses Of a Pitcher's Art and Psyche”, in The New York Times, New...
  • He was lean and wore a Hawaiian shirt with teal sharks eating palm trees, Dickies painter pants, a straw hat with a beer logo, argyle socks with red sneakers, unflinchingly overcreative.2009, Matthew Stewart, The French Revolution: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Soft Skull Press, published 2010, →ISBN, page 262:

Forms of overcreative

comparativemore overcreative
superlativemost overcreative

Origin of overcreative

From over- + creative.

Questions about overcreative

What does overcreative mean?
Overcreative means excessively creative.
How do you use overcreative in a sentence?
"I tend to get overcreative when things aren't going well," says [David] Cone in one of his many astute self-analyses.
What part of speech is overcreative?
Overcreative is an adjective.

Words near overcreative in the dictionary

  1. overcrams
  2. overcrank
  3. overcranked
  4. overcranking
  5. overcranks
  6. overcreative
  7. overcredulity
  8. overcredulous
  9. overcredulously
  10. overcreep
  11. overcreeping

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