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researchy

researchy adjective: characterized by research, especially the serious investigation of a subject.

Adjective

researchy (comparative more researchy, superlative most researchy)

  1. (colloquial, humorous, nonstandard) Characterized by research, especially the serious investigation of a subject.
    • Michelle's new job is researchy.
  2. (colloquial, derogatory, nonstandard) Having little or no known practical application.
    • The committee agreed that the project had merit, but was too researchy and should have lower priority than more practical projects.

Forms of researchy

comparativemore researchy
superlativemost researchy

Origin of researchy

From research + -y.

Questions about researchy

What does researchy mean?
Researchy means characterized by research, especially the serious investigation of a subject.
What part of speech is researchy?
Researchy is an adjective.

Words near researchy in the dictionary

  1. researchings
  2. researchist
  3. researchists
  4. researchship
  5. researchships
  6. researchy
  7. reseason
  8. reseasoned
  9. reseasoning
  10. reseasons
  11. reseat

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