overpermissive

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adjective

Excessively permissive; allowing too much leeway.

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Meanings

adjectiveoverpermissive (comparative more overpermissive, superlative most overpermissive)

comparative more overpermissive · superlative most overpermissive

  1. Excessively permissive; allowing too much leeway.

    It is the overpermissive parent who raises the well known spoiled brat.

    1975, Thomas D. Gnagey, How to Put Up with Parents: A Guide for Teenagers, page 90
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    The most common type of owner I see with Yorkies are the overpermissive owners. Overpermissive owners want to spoil their dogs and usually freely admit they spoil their dogs.

    2003, Liz Palika, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Yorkshire Terriers

    The Mongolic proposal for 'strap, tether' is semantically overpermissive.

    2005, Martine Irma Robbeets, Is Japanese Related to Korean, Tungusic, Mongolic and Turkic?, page 136

Origin

From over- + permissive.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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