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- [oh-ver-wair]
- /ˌoʊ vərˈwɛər/
- /ˌəʊvəˈweə /
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- US Pronunciation
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- [oh-ver-wair]
- /ˌoʊ vərˈwɛər/
Definitions of overwear word
- verb with object overwear to use or wear excessively; wear out; exhaust; tax: needlessly overwearing her best workers; phrases overworn by repetition. 1
- verb overwear to wear out 0
- verb transitive overwear to wear out or exhaust 0
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Origin of overwear
First appearance:
before 1570 One of the 33% oldest English words
First recorded in 1570-80; over- + wear
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Overwear
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
overwear popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 55% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
overwear usage trend in Literature
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