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overprotective

Definition of overprotective

adjective

  • having a tendency to protect someone, especially a child, excessively: it may be that parents are just being overprotective

Derivatives

overprotect

verb

overprotection

noun

overprotectiveness

noun

overprotective in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of overprotective in the US English dictionary
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