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overslight

adj

Etymology

From over- + slight.

  1. inherited from *slihtaz✻ — “slippery, flat, level, plain”
  2. inherited from sliht — “smooth, level”
  3. inherited from slight — “bad, of poor quality, unimportant, trivial, slender, slim, smooth, level”
  4. prefixed as overslight — “over + slight”

Definitions

  1. Excessively slight.

    • […] the work is slightly marred by an undue emphasis on the muscles of the neck and an overslight treatment of the primary feathers.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for overslight. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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