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overdefensive

overdefensive adjective: excessively defensive.

Adjective

overdefensive (comparative more overdefensive, superlative most overdefensive)

  1. Excessively defensive.

Forms of overdefensive

comparativemore overdefensive
superlativemost overdefensive

Origin of overdefensive

From over- + defensive.

Questions about overdefensive

What does overdefensive mean?
Overdefensive means excessively defensive.
What part of speech is overdefensive?
Overdefensive is an adjective.

Words near overdefensive in the dictionary

  1. overdeepening
  2. overdeepenings
  3. overdeepens
  4. overdeeply
  5. overdefended
  6. overdefensive
  7. overdefer
  8. overdeference
  9. overdeferred
  10. overdeferring
  11. overdefers

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