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shark-infested

shark-infested adjective: having many sharks in the area, and therefore considered dangerous for swimmers, etc.

Adjective

shark-infested (comparative more shark-infested, superlative most shark-infested)

  1. (usually) Having many sharks in the area, and therefore considered dangerous for swimmers, etc.
    • Then, thinking about the island, Jacquie remembered seeing Harvey the day they left. She’d just gotten on the boat, and she saw him in the water. Hardly anyone ever got in that water. It was freezing. And—everyone had been convinced—shark-infested.2018, Tommy Orange, “Jacquie Red Feather”, in There There, New York, N.Y.: Vintage Books, →ISBN, page 111
    • The UK's fares 'system' is a shark-infested murky pool that is 'under review'.2021 October 20, Mark Rand, “S&C: a line fit for tourists... and everyone?”, in RAIL, number 942, page 42

Forms of shark-infested

comparativemore shark-infested
superlativemost shark-infested

Questions about shark-infested

What does shark-infested mean?
Shark-infested means having many sharks in the area, and therefore considered dangerous for swimmers, etc.
What part of speech is shark-infested?
Shark-infested is an adjective.

Words near shark-infested in the dictionary

  1. shark-finned
  2. shark-fins
  3. shark-flesh
  4. shark-gull
  5. shark-gulls
  6. shark-infested
  7. shark-jumping
  8. sharka
  9. sharkbite
  10. sharkdom
  11. sharke

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