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overplain

overplain adjective: excessively plain.

Adjective

overplain (comparative more overplain, superlative most overplain)

  1. Excessively plain.

Forms of overplain

comparativemore overplain
superlativemost overplain

Origin of overplain

From over- + plain.

Questions about overplain

What does overplain mean?
Overplain means excessively plain.
What part of speech is overplain?
Overplain is an adjective.

Words near overplain in the dictionary

  1. overplacing
  2. overplaid
  3. overplaided
  4. overplaiding
  5. overplaids
  6. overplain
  7. overplan
  8. overplanned
  9. overplanning
  10. overplans
  11. overplant

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