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hyperactive

[hahy-per-ak-tiv]

adjective

  1. unusually or abnormally active.

    a company's hyperactive growth; the child's hyperactive imagination.

  2. (of children) displaying exaggerated physical activity sometimes associated with neurologic or psychologic causes.

  3. hyperkinetic.



hyperactive

/ ˌɪəˈæɪ /

adjective

  1. abnormally active

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Other Word Forms

  • hyperaction noun
  • hyperactively adverb
  • ˌˈپDz noun
  • ˌˈپٲ noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of hyperactive1

First recorded in 1865–70; hyper- + active
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But that trajectory changed when his parents decided their son, who admitted to being a "hyperactive" youngster, needed another outlet.

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To be fair, Temu’s popularity isn’t totally tied to how broke everybody is — Temu’s hyperactive interface is a masterclass in gamified consumption, rendering a purchase of new socks a trip to the digital casino.

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But the star is the movie’s hyperactive, even overwhelmingly contradictory nostalgia.

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Lines were spoken as if newly coined from the hyperactive minds of Macbeth and his wife.

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Now Trump has brought that mindset to the Oval Office which, I suppose, isn’t surprising given the subleasing of his presidency to the hyperactive and assertively transgressive Elon Musk.

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