overslight

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adjective

Excessively slight.

Scrabble 17
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Meanings

adjectiveoverslight (comparative more overslight, superlative most overslight)

comparative more overslight · superlative most overslight

  1. Excessively slight.

    […] the work is slightly marred by an undue emphasis on the muscles of the neck and an overslight treatment of the primary feathers.

    1956, Royal Numismatic Society, Special Publication, number 3, page 198

Origin

From over- + slight.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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