hyperactive
Americanadjective
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unusually or abnormally active.
a company's hyperactive growth; the child's hyperactive imagination.
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(of children) displaying exaggerated physical activity sometimes associated with neurologic or psychologic causes.
adjective
Other Word Forms
- hyperaction noun
- hyperactively adverb
- hyperactivity noun
Etymology
Origin of hyperactive
Example Sentences
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Sean Baker’s hyperactive “Tangerine,” shot on an iPhone at a doughnut shop on Santa Monica Boulevard, not only makes that point with gusto, it encourages you to get out and roam.
From Los Angeles Times
Think of Leonardi as a therapist and his book a couples counseling couch on which you sit with your partner, a hyperactive nonstop-chattering smartphone.
From Los Angeles Times
His mother said he “talks 24/7 all day every day” and while he can be hyperactive, “I do feel he can control himself.”
He has an incredibly advanced laser-fueled 3-D printer, but deploys it like a hyperactive toddler smashing toy soldiers together.
But that trajectory changed when his parents decided their son, who admitted to being a "hyperactive" youngster, needed another outlet.
From BBC
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