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overentertained

overentertained adjective: entertained too much.

Adjective

overentertained (comparative more overentertained, superlative most overentertained)

  1. Entertained too much.
    • My hunch is that the public is being spoiled through being overentertained.1954, Bob Hope, Pete Martin, Have Tux, Will Travel
    • We live in an opulent blandness—overfed, overtended, overentertained, and overly preoccupied with ourselves. But men need aggressive physical lives. They need contest and conquest, strain and struggle.2013, Stephen Mansfield, Mansfield's Book of Manly Men

Forms of overentertained

comparativemore overentertained
superlativemost overentertained

Origin of overentertained

From over- + entertained.

Questions about overentertained

What does overentertained mean?
Overentertained means entertained too much.
What part of speech is overentertained?
Overentertained is an adjective.

Words near overentertained in the dictionary

  1. overenriched
  2. overenriches
  3. overenriching
  4. overenrichment
  5. overenrolled
  6. overentertained
  7. overenthusiasm
  8. overenthusiasms
  9. overenthusiastic
  10. overenthusiastically
  11. overentitled

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