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overrestrictive

overrestrictive adjective: excessively restrictive.

Adjective

overrestrictive (comparative more overrestrictive, superlative most overrestrictive)

  1. Excessively restrictive.

Forms of overrestrictive

comparativemore overrestrictive
superlativemost overrestrictive

Origin of overrestrictive

From over- + restrictive.

Questions about overrestrictive

What does overrestrictive mean?
Overrestrictive means excessively restrictive.
What part of speech is overrestrictive?
Overrestrictive is an adjective.

Words near overrestrictive in the dictionary

  1. overrestrict
  2. overrestricted
  3. overrestricting
  4. overrestriction
  5. overrestrictions
  6. overrestrictive
  7. overrestricts
  8. overresuscitate
  9. overresuscitated
  10. overresuscitates
  11. overresuscitating

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