overmotivated

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adjective

Having too much motivation.

OriginEnglish motivated ← Middle English motif ← Late Latin mōtīvum →
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Meanings

adjectiveovermotivated (comparative more overmotivated, superlative most overmotivated)

comparative more overmotivated · superlative most overmotivated

  1. Having too much motivation.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Germanic*uber
  4. Old Englishofer-
  5. Middle Englishover-
  6. Englishover-
  7. Anglo-Normanmotif
  8. Middle Frenchmotif
  9. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  11. Proto-Italic*moweō
  12. Latinmoveō
  13. Latinmōtus
  14. Late Latinmōtīvum
  15. Middle Englishmotif
  16. Englishmotive
  17. Englishmotivated
  18. Englishovermotivated

From over- + motivated.

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APA

overmotivated. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overmotivated

MLA

“overmotivated.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overmotivated. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overmotivated,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overmotivated.

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