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overstructured

overstructured adjective: excessively structured.

Adjective

overstructured (comparative more overstructured, superlative most overstructured)

  1. Excessively structured.
    • “From an acoustical perspective, music is an overstructured language, which the brain invented and which the brain loves to hear.”2009 March 17, Natalie Angier, “In One Ear and Out the Other”, in New York Times

Forms of overstructured

comparativemore overstructured
superlativemost overstructured

Origin of overstructured

From over- + structured.

Questions about overstructured

What does overstructured mean?
Overstructured means excessively structured.
What part of speech is overstructured?
Overstructured is an adjective.

Words near overstructured in the dictionary

  1. overstrown
  2. overstrows
  3. overstruck
  4. overstructural
  5. overstructure
  6. overstructured
  7. overstructures
  8. overstructuring
  9. overstrung
  10. overstudied
  11. overstudies

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