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overincarcerated

overincarcerated adjective: of whom a disproportionate number are in prison.

Adjective

overincarcerated (comparative more overincarcerated, superlative most overincarcerated)

  1. Of whom a disproportionate number are in prison.
    • For things like drugs and nonviolent offenses, they’re being hideously overpoliced and overincarcerated.2015 August 12, Michael Kimmelman, “David Simon and Cory Booker on ‘Show Me a Hero’ and the Future of Cities”, in New York Times

Forms of overincarcerated

comparativemore overincarcerated
superlativemost overincarcerated

Origin of overincarcerated

From over- + incarcerated.

Questions about overincarcerated

What does overincarcerated mean?
Overincarcerated means of whom a disproportionate number are in prison.
What part of speech is overincarcerated?
Overincarcerated is an adjective.

Words near overincarcerated in the dictionary

  1. overimprovement
  2. overimprovements
  3. overimputation
  4. overimputations
  5. overincarcerate
  6. overincarcerated
  7. overincarcerates
  8. overincarcerating
  9. overincarceration
  10. overinclination
  11. overinclined

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