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overgeneral

overgeneral adjective: excessively general.

Adjective

overgeneral (not comparable)

  1. Excessively general

Origin of overgeneral

From over- + general.

Words formed from overgeneral

Questions about overgeneral

What does overgeneral mean?
Overgeneral means excessively general.
What part of speech is overgeneral?
Overgeneral is an adjective.

Words near overgeneral in the dictionary

  1. overgenderization
  2. overgenderize
  3. overgenderized
  4. overgenderizes
  5. overgenderizing
  6. overgeneral
  7. overgeneralisation
  8. overgeneralisations
  9. overgeneralise
  10. overgeneralised
  11. overgeneralises

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