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ultraexcessive

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Etymology

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From ultra- +‎ excessive.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʌltɹəɪkˈsɛsɪv/

Adjective

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ultraexcessive (comparative more ultraexcessive, superlative most ultraexcessive)

  1. (rare) Extremely excessive.
    • 1906, The World's Paper Trade Review, Volume 46[1], Stonhill & Gillis, page 12:
      As an old and accustomed traveller, as fond of speedy travel as anyone, and not myself, at times, above pottering away an extra half-an-hour in town and making up time en route, my firm impression is that the necessity, the importance of this ultraexcessive rapidity of travel is a mistake, which is becoming one of increasing gravity.
    • 2009, Glass and Ceramics[2], page 330:
      When yttrium was added in the form of a water solution of a salt and alkali hydrolysis was used the condition for ultraexcessive water hydrolysis was realized.
    • 2013, Chase Untermeyer, When Things Went Right: The Dawn of the Reagan-Bush Administration[3], Texas A&M University Press, →ISBN, page 182:
      Afterward we proceeded down the tawdry Las vegas strip to the ultraexcessive Caesar's Palace Hotel, a sprawling place that seeks to the ancient Rome into twenty-eighth century.