"overactive" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more overactive [comparative], most overactive [superlative]
Rhymes: -æktɪv Etymology: over- + active Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|active|pos=adjective}} over- + active Head templates: {{en-adj}} overactive (comparative more overactive, superlative most overactive)
  1. Excessively active. Synonyms: hyperactive Derived forms: overactive bladder Translations (excessively active): свръхактивен (svrǎhaktiven) (Bulgarian), yliaktiivinen (Finnish), überaktiv (German), чрезме́рно акти́вный (črezmérno aktívnyj) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-overactive-en-adj-BE--DlJP Categories (other): English adjectives prefixed with over-, English entries with incorrect language header

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