overinvolved en · ADJ
Etymology
From over- + involved.
Meanings
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Excessively involved.
A young couple’s marriage is threatened when the husband, a social worker, becomes overinvolved with a disturbed client in this well-written novel, Gaige’s second.
2009 February 22, Elsa Dixler, “Paperback Row”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more overinvolved | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most overinvolved | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |