overcompetitive

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adjective

Excessively competitive.

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Meanings

adjectiveovercompetitive (comparative more overcompetitive, superlative most overcompetitive)

comparative more overcompetitive · superlative most overcompetitive

  1. Excessively competitive.

    Regardless, the store provided a moment of healing for my PECS. JackRabbit’s message is what our P.E. teachers should have told us from the very beginning: being athletic doesn’t mean you have to be an overcompetitive jerk.

    2007 April 12, Mike Albo, “Because a Logo Is Not Enough”, in New York Times

Origin

From over- + competitive.

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APA

overcompetitive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overcompetitive

MLA

“overcompetitive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overcompetitive. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overcompetitive,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overcompetitive.

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