overstrict

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adjective

Excessively strict or severe.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

adjectiveoverstrict (comparative more overstrict, superlative most overstrict)

comparative more overstrict · superlative most overstrict

  1. Excessively strict or severe.

Synonyms & antonyms

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Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Germanic*uber
  4. Old Englishofer-
  5. Middle Englishover-
  6. Englishover-
  7. Englishstrict
  8. Englishoverstrict

From over- + strict.

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APA

overstrict. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overstrict

MLA

“overstrict.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overstrict. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overstrict,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overstrict.

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