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Meaning of "overattentive" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OVERATTENTIVE

overattentive  [ˌəʊvərəˈtɛntɪv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OVERATTENTIVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Overattentive is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES OVERATTENTIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of overattentive in the English dictionary

The definition of overattentive in the dictionary is excessively careful to fulfil the needs and wants.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OVERATTENTIVE


adventive
ədˈvɛntɪv
agentive
ˈeɪdʒəntɪv
anal-retentive
ˌeɪnəlrəˈtɛntɪv
appointive
əˈpɔɪntɪv
assentive
əˈsɛntɪv
attentive
əˈtɛntɪv
disincentive
ˌdɪsɪnˈsɛntɪv
fermentive
fəˈmɛntɪv
inattentive
ˌɪnəˈtɛntɪv
incentive
ɪnˈsɛntɪv
intentive
ɪnˈtɛntɪv
inventive
ɪnˈvɛntɪv
irretentive
ˌɪrɪˈtɛntɪv
pendentive
pɛnˈdɛntɪv
plaintive
ˈpleɪntɪv
presentive
prɪˈzɛntɪv
preventive
prɪˈvɛntɪv
retentive
rɪˈtɛntɪv
substantive
ˈsʌbstəntɪv
sustentive
səˈstɛntɪv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OVERATTENTIVE

overamplified
overanalyse
overanalysis
overanalytical
overanalyze
overanxiety
overanxious
overapt
overarch
overarching
overarm
overarousal
overarrange
overassert
overassertion
overassertive
overate
overattention
overawe
overawed

WORDS THAT END LIKE OVERATTENTIVE

active
affrontive
alternative
anal retentive
argumentive
automotive
circumventive
competitive
cooperative
creative
effective
executive
in the negative
interactive
native
negative
tax incentive
uninventive
unretentive
wage incentive

Synonyms and antonyms of overattentive in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «overattentive» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OVERATTENTIVE

Find out the translation of overattentive to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of overattentive from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «overattentive» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

overattentive
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

overattentive
570 millions of speakers

English

overattentive
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

overattentive
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

overattentive
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

overattentive
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Excessivamente atento
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

overattentive
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

overattentive
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Berlebihan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

overattentive
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

overattentive
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

신경 과민
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Overattentive
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

overattentive
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

overattentive
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अतिरेक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

overattentive
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

overattentive
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

overattentive
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

overattentive
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

overattentive
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

overattentive
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

overattentive
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

overattentive
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

overattentive
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of overattentive

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERATTENTIVE»

The term «overattentive» is barely ever used and occupies the 196.639 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERATTENTIVE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «overattentive» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «overattentive» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about overattentive

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OVERATTENTIVE»

Discover the use of overattentive in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to overattentive and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Lavender Sons of Zion: A History of Gay Men in Salt Lake ...
... consensual homosexuality be abolished.57 His child-rearing volume, So You Want to Raise a Boy, blamed overattentive mothers for male homosexuality, echoing similar themes in Phillip Wylie's more renowned Generation of Vipers.58 In a ...
Douglas A. Winkler, 2008
2
In Gatsby's Shadow: The Story of Charles Macomb Flandrau
Charlie was, in virtually every respect, a mirror of his overattentive, possessive mother. They formed a secret confederacy of gossip, shared private jokes, conspired against Summit Avenue's pompous and self-righteous. They even wrote letters ...
Larry Haeg, 2004
3
Risk and 'The Other'
Explores personal responses to risk from a social psychological framework.
Hélène Joffé, 1999
4
Beyond communication: reading comprehension and criticism
Studies of the attributes of novice writers suggest that they are overattentive to their audience and overattentive to the particular forms of writing from which audiences will make judgments about the writer (e.g., spelling, punctuation) and that ...
Deanne Bogdan, Stanley B. Straw, 1990
5
Pathology of Speech
ENVIRONMENTAL Overattentive parents. Overattentive and overprotective parents are very often nervous parents. The child in such an environment may have no need for speech. A child lacks personal worth if given more attention than he ...
William R. Parker, 1951
6
The Night Circus
The circus arrives without warning.
Erin Morgenstern, 2012
7
The Limits of Biological Treatments for Psychological ...
And, as noted earlier, this value does not even tap the opposite pole of deviancy: passive, overattentive, obsessive, and indistractible. Part of the fault for this state of affairs must originate in the unrealistic view of adults (mainly female) of what ...
Seymour Fisher, Roger P. Greenberg, 2013
8
Actors in the Audience: Theatricality and Doublespeak from ...
... sensitivity to allusion that Quintilian attributes to Roman imperial audiences apparently gave rise to an awareness that overattentive members of an audience could discover innuendo which, as far as the author of a given text was concerned, ...
Shadi Bartsch, 1994
9
Manager Redefined: The Competitive Advantage in the Middle ...
And we direct our frustration at those who benefit from their higher positions in the hierarchy. We have to wonder how much of the resentment about micromanagement has a genuine cause (an overattentive, controlling supervisor) and how ...
Thomas O. Davenport, Stephen D. Harding, 2010
10
The Psychology of Physical Symptoms
Another potential problem is that telling patients which symptoms are related to blood pressure or blood glucose will cause them to become overattentive to the symptoms, which will in turn cause them to worry excessively, which in turn could  ...
James W. Pennebaker, 1982

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OVERATTENTIVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term overattentive is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The reinvention of BT
He and Tim Höttges, his counterpart at Deutsche Telekom, EE's co-owner, had to break off their secret talks each time the overattentive waiters ... «Financial Times, May 15»
2
How Did I Become the Center of a Hollywood Scandal?
One person acts like a two-year-old and the other acts like a overattentive parent? I suddenly wanted to be out of their kitchen, their house, their ... «Cosmopolitan.com, May 15»
3
What makes a hotel five-star? Or seven-star?
... greeted within 60 seconds of arrival, fresh flowers or plants in their rooms, overattentive and complimentary poolside service and, if required, ... «The Globe and Mail, Apr 15»
4
Bootstraps Aren't Enough
... bring to mind conditions of relative affluence, in which children grow up in a family with two married and attentive (even overattentive) parents ... «Wall Street Journal, Mar 15»
5
Mary Philblad and Joel Kemp: 40 years of safely transporting …
Her fondness led her to care deeply for her charges, but her common sense kept her from being overattentive and perhaps implying they ... «Lillie News, Mar 15»
6
Munchausen's role in the strange case of Lacey Spears
A caregiver who is overattentive to the child and overly willing to comply with health care workers. • A caregiver who is a nurse or who works in ... «The Journal News | LoHud.com, Mar 15»
7
Robson Green returns to PBS in 'Grantchester'
... war memorial ... and Cora's overattentive friend ... and who killed the valet who raped Anna Bates (Golden Globe-winner Joanne Froggatt). «The Salinas Californian, Jan 15»
8
TV: Watch the hilarious 'Bridesmaids' on NBC
A quiet episode sets the tone for bigger moments ahead, as we worry about Lady Mary's tryst, and the war memorial, and Cora's overattentive ... «Reno Gazette Journal, Jan 15»
9
Moran's protagonist is as opinionated, confident and funny as she is
It made me think of Hanna Rosin's article where she says overattentive parenting raises phobic children. That's because those children are the ... «The Globe and Mail, Oct 14»
10
Colette Grand Café: Upscale French dining in Toronto gets a …
Excellent but occasionally overattentive service and an energetic club music soundtrack – it can get loud. Drinks on Offer Good classic cocktails ... «The Globe and Mail, Sep 14»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Overattentive [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/overattentive>. Apr 2024 ».
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