hyperproductive

adjective

hy·​per·​pro·​duc·​tive ˌhī-pər-prə-ˈdək-tiv How to pronounce hyperproductive (audio)
-prō-
variants or hyper-productive
: extremely or excessively productive
… a hyperproductive family whose work was very familiar to the libraries, nurseries, art galleries, seminaries and alehouses of 19th-century England.Joseph Kastner
hyperproductivity
ˌhī-pər-ˌprō-dək-ˈti-və-tē How to pronounce hyperproductive (audio)
-ˌprä-
-prə-ˌdək-
noun
or hyper-productivity
… Adams' hyperproductivity seems like a smart move—or at least a knowing wink. If there's one thing DJ Reggie tracks such as "Unicorns (Prob. Don't Exist)" can teach you—besides that the fact that unicorns probably don't exist—it's that pumping out a new song every hour might be the only way to keep up in this Band of the Day age. Melissa Maerz

Examples of hyperproductive in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Ed Boyden, a neuroscientist at MIT who co-directs the K. Lisa Yang Center for Bionics at MIT, has been hyperproductive at generating the basic instruments and technologies to begin to analyze and control the brain. Juan Enriquez, Scientific American, 7 Dec. 2022

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Word History

First Known Use

1966, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of hyperproductive was in 1966

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“Hyperproductive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hyperproductive. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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