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overcultivated

overcultivated adjective: excessively cultivated.

Adjective

overcultivated (comparative more overcultivated, superlative most overcultivated)

  1. Excessively cultivated.
    • The overcultivated, emotionally constrained New York of Edith Wharton and Henry James — who appears in the novel as a force for debilitating self-control — resounds in the morality tale of Theodore’s demise.2007 September 16, Sophie Gee, “The Red Badge of Scandal”, in New York Times

Forms of overcultivated

comparativemore overcultivated
superlativemost overcultivated

Origin of overcultivated

From over- + cultivated.

Questions about overcultivated

What does overcultivated mean?
Overcultivated means excessively cultivated.
What part of speech is overcultivated?
Overcultivated is an adjective.

Words near overcultivated in the dictionary

  1. overcull
  2. overculled
  3. overculling
  4. overculls
  5. overcultivate
  6. overcultivated
  7. overcultivates
  8. overcultivating
  9. overcultivation
  10. overcultural
  11. overculture

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