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overselfish

overselfish adjective: excessively selfish.

Adjective

overselfish (comparative more overselfish, superlative most overselfish)

  1. Excessively selfish.

Forms of overselfish

comparativemore overselfish
superlativemost overselfish

Origin of overselfish

From over- + selfish.

Questions about overselfish

What does overselfish mean?
Overselfish means excessively selfish.
What part of speech is overselfish?
Overselfish is an adjective.

Words near overselfish in the dictionary

  1. overselecting
  2. overselection
  3. overselective
  4. overselectivity
  5. overselects
  6. overselfish
  7. oversell
  8. overseller
  9. oversellers
  10. overselling
  11. oversells

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