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overexplored

overexplored adjective: excessively explored or investigated.

Adjective

overexplored (comparative more overexplored, superlative most overexplored)

  1. Excessively explored or investigated.

Forms of overexplored

comparativemore overexplored
superlativemost overexplored

Origin of overexplored

From over- + explored.

Questions about overexplored

What does overexplored mean?
Overexplored means excessively explored or investigated.
What part of speech is overexplored?
Overexplored is an adjective.

Words near overexplored in the dictionary

  1. overexploitations
  2. overexploitative
  3. overexploited
  4. overexploiting
  5. overexploits
  6. overexplored
  7. overexpose
  8. overexposed
  9. overexposes
  10. overexposing
  11. overexposure

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