overnumberedadj.

Brit.

/ˌəʊvəˈnʌmbəd/, U.S.

/ˌoʊvərˈnəmbərd/

Forms: see over- prefix and numbered adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, numbered adj.

Etymology: < over- prefix + numbered adj. With early use compare earlier over-number n. Compare overnumber v.

Very numerous; being or containing a greater number than is desirable or usual.

ΚΠ

1597 C. Middleton Famous Hist. Chinon iii. sig. E1 Being sore wounded with the many blowes of their ouer numbred foes.

1965 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 85 99/1 The type of the ‘typically overnumbered triṣṭubh’, that is a triṣṭubh with a cæsura after the fifth syllable, but continuing as if it were after the fourth.

1971 Amer. Statistician 25 20/1 The introductory major sequence..is overnumbered, having a number appropriate for a graduate course, so that advisers may think it inappropriate for undergraduates.

1994 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 91 1040/2 Males transfer nutrients to females by..overnumbered sperm.

2001 Daily Mail (Nexis) 16 Feb. 20 What the overnumbered, overpaid and underworked Scottish MPs in London fear acutely is the reaction south of the Border.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	overnumbered
释义	overnumberedadj. Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈnʌmbəd/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈnəmbərd/ Forms: see over- prefix and numbered adj. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, numbered adj. Etymology: < over- prefix + numbered adj. With early use compare earlier over-number n. Compare overnumber v. Very numerous; being or containing a greater number than is desirable or usual. ΚΠ 1597 C. Middleton Famous Hist. Chinon iii. sig. E1 Being sore wounded with the many blowes of their ouer numbred foes. 1965 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 85 99/1 The type of the ‘typically overnumbered triṣṭubh’, that is a triṣṭubh with a cæsura after the fifth syllable, but continuing as if it were after the fourth. 1971 Amer. Statistician 25 20/1 The introductory major sequence..is overnumbered, having a number appropriate for a graduate course, so that advisers may think it inappropriate for undergraduates. 1994 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 91 1040/2 Males transfer nutrients to females by..overnumbered sperm. 2001 Daily Mail (Nexis) 16 Feb. 20 What the overnumbered, overpaid and underworked Scottish MPs in London fear acutely is the reaction south of the Border. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1597
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