Meanings
adjectivehyperspecific (comparative more hyperspecific, superlative most hyperspecific)
comparative more hyperspecific · superlative most hyperspecific
- Very highly specific.
He landed not on coherent memories but on hyperspecific details – the salty weight of the air at sea, the length of Victoire’s eyelashes, the hitch in Ramy’s voice just before he burst out into full-bellied laughter.
2022, R. F. Kuang, Babel, HarperVoyager, page 534
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hyperspecific. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hyperspecific
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“hyperspecific.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hyperspecific. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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