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overprovident

overprovident adjective: excessively provident.

Adjective

overprovident (comparative more overprovident, superlative most overprovident)

  1. Excessively provident.

Forms of overprovident

comparativemore overprovident
superlativemost overprovident

Origin of overprovident

From over- + provident.

Questions about overprovident

What does overprovident mean?
Overprovident means excessively provident.
What part of speech is overprovident?
Overprovident is an adjective.

Words near overprovident in the dictionary

  1. overproved
  2. overproven
  3. overproves
  4. overprovide
  5. overprovided
  6. overprovident
  7. overprovides
  8. overproviding
  9. overproving
  10. overprovision
  11. overprovisioned

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