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overselection

overselection noun: the selection of something more often or by more people than would be expected.

Noun

overselection (uncountable)

  1. The selection of something more often or by more people than would be expected.

Origin of overselection

From over- + selection.

Questions about overselection

What does overselection mean?
Overselection means the selection of something more often or by more people than would be expected.
What part of speech is overselection?
Overselection is a noun.

Words near overselection in the dictionary

  1. oversegmentations
  2. oversegmented
  3. overselect
  4. overselected
  5. overselecting
  6. overselection
  7. overselective
  8. overselectivity
  9. overselects
  10. overselfish
  11. oversell

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