"overflexed" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more overflexed [comparative], most overflexed [superlative]
Etymology: over- + flexed Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|flexed}} over- + flexed Head templates: {{en-adj}} overflexed (comparative more overflexed, superlative most overflexed)
  1. Excessively flexed
    Sense id: en-overflexed-en-adj-uRb-86aC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with over-

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