Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Active to an excessive or abnormal degree.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Too active; unnecessarily active.
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- adjective Excessively
active .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective more active than normal
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Examples
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Apparently, and I don't have this on good authority unless you call my overactive imagination "good authority", the site was being sued by the families of both Mighty Joe Young and Mighty Mouse over copyright infringement.
unclebob Diary Entry unclebob 2002
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A doctor once told me it's called an "overactive checker" or as I like to think of it, my OC.
Laurie David: Antibiotics and Food Production: Are we Feeding a Health Crisis and Squandering the Cure? Laurie David 2011
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A doctor once told me it's called an "overactive checker" or as I like to think of it, my OC.
Laurie David: Antibiotics and Food Production: Are we Feeding a Health Crisis and Squandering the Cure? Laurie David 2011
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She just has what doctors would call overactive tear ducts.
Unearthly Asylum P. J. Bracegirdle 2010
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She just has what doctors would call overactive tear ducts.
Unearthly Asylum P. J. Bracegirdle 2010
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In their ads, Pfizer barely mentions the term overactive bladder.
Take Your Bladder Back from Pfizer aka TBTAM 2008
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Conventional medicine is still searching for a cause, sometimes referring to the overactive thyroid gland as a tumor.
The Last Chance Dog D.V.M. Donna Kelleher 2003
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Conventional medicine is still searching for a cause, sometimes referring to the overactive thyroid gland as a tumor.
The Last Chance Dog D.V.M. Donna Kelleher 2003
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If you experience urge incontinence, also known as overactive bladder, your doctor may prescribe anticholinergic or antispasmodic medications to calm the muscles in your bladder.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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Asthma is a disease characterized by an overactive immune system.
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