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overinclined

overinclined adjective: overly inclined.

Adjective

overinclined (comparative more overinclined, superlative most overinclined)

  1. Overly inclined.
    • As the Arthurian legend all through the Middle Ages set before men's minds an ideal of high purpose, purity of life, and chivalrous behaviour in an age that was not overinclined to practise these virtues, so these old Irish romances […]1929, Eleanor Henrietta Hull, Cuchulain: The Hound of Ulster

Forms of overinclined

comparativemore overinclined
superlativemost overinclined

Origin of overinclined

From over- + inclined.

Questions about overinclined

What does overinclined mean?
Overinclined means overly inclined.
What part of speech is overinclined?
Overinclined is an adjective.

Words near overinclined in the dictionary

  1. overincarcerated
  2. overincarcerates
  3. overincarcerating
  4. overincarceration
  5. overinclination
  6. overinclined
  7. overinclusion
  8. overinclusions
  9. overinclusive
  10. overinclusively
  11. overinclusiveness

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