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overrested

overrested adjective: having had too much rest and too little activity.

Adjective

overrested (comparative more overrested, superlative most overrested)

  1. Having had too much rest and too little activity.
    • “I feel overrested, in a sense,” Garcia said Wednesday during a conference call.2008 January 3, John Branch, “Well-Rested Buccaneers to Face Surging Giants”, in New York Times

Forms of overrested

comparativemore overrested
superlativemost overrested

Origin of overrested

From over- + rested.

Questions about overrested

What does overrested mean?
Overrested means having had too much rest and too little activity.
What part of speech is overrested?
Overrested is an adjective.

Words near overrested in the dictionary

  1. overresponse
  2. overresponses
  3. overresponsive
  4. overresponsiveness
  5. overresponsivity
  6. overrested
  7. overrestoration
  8. overrestore
  9. overrestored
  10. overrestoring
  11. overrestrain

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