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overpowered

verb

Etymology

From overpower + -ed.

  1. derived from possum
  2. derived from posso
  3. derived from poeir
  4. inherited from power
  5. prefixed as overpower — “over- + power”
  6. suffixed as overpowered — “overpower + ed”

Definitions

  1. simple past and past participle of overpower

  2. Subdued by superior force.

    • Rippling back abashed before the ominous silences / Like the swift turns and starts of an overpowered fencer / Who sees before him Horror / Behind him darkness, / Shadow.

  3. Overly powerful.

    • The engine seemed overpowered for such a small car.
    • Players complained that some of the characters in the game were overpowered and hard to defeat.
    • Are the 1959 cars put out by the Big 3 overpowered, oversized, overjuiced, over-elaborate, gas-guzzling dinosaurs? […] The motion reads “Resolved That the Big 3’s 1959 Car Models are engineering monstrosities”.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA