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overdescriptive

overdescriptive adjective: excessively descriptive.

Adjective

overdescriptive (comparative more overdescriptive, superlative most overdescriptive)

  1. Excessively descriptive.

Forms of overdescriptive

comparativemore overdescriptive
superlativemost overdescriptive

Origin of overdescriptive

From over- + descriptive.

Questions about overdescriptive

What does overdescriptive mean?
Overdescriptive means excessively descriptive.
What part of speech is overdescriptive?
Overdescriptive is an adjective.

Words near overdescriptive in the dictionary

  1. overdescribed
  2. overdescribes
  3. overdescribing
  4. overdescription
  5. overdescriptions
  6. overdescriptive
  7. overdesign
  8. overdesigned
  9. overdesigning
  10. overdesigns
  11. overdesirous

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