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overpermissive

overpermissive adjective: excessively permissive; allowing too much leeway.

Adjective

overpermissive (comparative more overpermissive, superlative most overpermissive)

  1. Excessively permissive; allowing too much leeway.
    • It is the overpermissive parent who raises the well known spoiled brat.1975, Thomas D. Gnagey, How to Put Up with Parents: A Guide for Teenagers, page 90
    • The most common type of owner I see with Yorkies are the overpermissive owners. Overpermissive owners want to spoil their dogs and usually freely admit they spoil their dogs.2003, Liz Palika, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Yorkshire Terriers

Forms of overpermissive

comparativemore overpermissive
superlativemost overpermissive

Origin of overpermissive

From over- + permissive.

Questions about overpermissive

What does overpermissive mean?
Overpermissive means excessively permissive; allowing too much leeway.
What part of speech is overpermissive?
Overpermissive is an adjective.

Words near overpermissive in the dictionary

  1. overperfumes
  2. overperfuming
  3. overperfusion
  4. overperked
  5. overpermed
  6. overpermissive
  7. overpermissiveness
  8. overperson
  9. overpersonalisation
  10. overpersonalisations
  11. overpersonalise

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