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overlenient

overlenient adjective: too lenient.

Adjective

overlenient (comparative more overlenient, superlative most overlenient)

  1. Too lenient.

Forms of overlenient

comparativemore overlenient
superlativemost overlenient

Origin of overlenient

From over- + lenient.

Questions about overlenient

What does overlenient mean?
Overlenient means too lenient.
What part of speech is overlenient?
Overlenient is an adjective.

Words near overlenient in the dictionary

  1. overlengthen
  2. overlengthened
  3. overlengthening
  4. overlengthens
  5. overleniency
  6. overlenient
  7. overlent
  8. overlept
  9. overlettered
  10. overlevel
  11. overleveled

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