superextreme

English

Etymology

From super- +‎ extreme.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

superextreme (comparative more superextreme, superlative most superextreme)

1. (rare) Exceptionally extreme; of particular extremeness or extremity.
2. (not comparable, rare) Beyond or greater than extreme.
   • 1957, Charles Ira Coombs, Rockets, Missiles, and Moons‎^[1], Morrow, page 218:

     Were it not for this absorption, the full strength of ultraviolet radiation alone would destroy all living things on earth by what could be referred to roughly as a superextreme sunburn.

   • 1975, Jacqueline Verrett, Jean Carper, Eating May Be Hazardous to Your Health‎^[2], Anchor Press, Doubleday, →ISBN, page 48:

     Working under such limited circumstances it then is pure chance when we spot a chemical that is not superextreme in its harmful potency.

   • 1988, Mikhail Shatrov, Vladlen Loginov, Sergeĭ Vladimirovich Kuleshov, The Revolution Continues: Going Back to Lenin‎^[3], Novosti Press Agency Publishing House, page 43:

     As in any other case, nationalism has not grown out of nothing here. It shoudl be stressed once again that the years of stagnation have left their mark. During the war, for instance, under superextreme conditions, people could go without sleep for days on end.