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overextreme

Syllables: ov·er·ex·tremeUK/ˈəʊvə(ɹ)ɪkˈstɹiːm/US/oʊ.vɚˈɪkˈstɹim/

overextreme adjective: too extreme.

Adjective

overextreme (comparative more overextreme, superlative most overextreme)

  1. Too extreme.
    • The first of these is that the thermo-electric lines of many metals are by no means straight lines overextreme ranges of temperature.1896, The Electrical Review 1896-09-04: Volume 39, Issue 980, St. John Patrick Publishers, page 317
    • I am interested in this question. I believe I am not an overextreme alarmist — not an extremist.1909, New York Medical Journal, M. & M, page 317

Forms of overextreme

comparativemore overextreme
superlativemost overextreme

Origin of overextreme

From over- + extreme.

Questions about overextreme

What does overextreme mean?
Overextreme means too extreme.
What part of speech is overextreme?
Overextreme is an adjective.
How do you pronounce overextreme?
Overextreme is pronounced /ˈəʊvə(ɹ)ɪkˈstɹiːm/ (UK).

Words near overextreme in the dictionary

  1. overextrapolating
  2. overextrapolation
  3. overextrapolations
  4. overextravagant
  5. overextravagantly
  6. overextreme
  7. overextrude
  8. overextruded
  9. overextrudes
  10. overextruding
  11. overexuberance

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