hypercompetitive

adjective

hy·​per·​com·​pet·​i·​tive ˌhī-pər-kəm-ˈpe-tə-tiv 

variants or hyper-competitive

: extremely or excessively competitive

hypercompetitive athletes

learning to adapt quickly in a hypercompetitive industry

… eliminates customers' deep fear that their siblings, neighbors or hyper-competitive co-workers might score sweeter deals on the same vehicles.

—James Bennet

hypercompetitiveness noun

or hyper-competitiveness

The latest work offers a counterpoint to the familiar face of nature, that of animal brutality, hypercompetitiveness, selfishness and deceit.

—Natalie Angier

Examples of hypercompetitive in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In this hypercompetitive new era, runners are taking on unprecedented training loads to keep pace, which explains how a rare condition like OTS began showing up so frequently in the sport’s top ranks. —Meaghen Brown, Outside Online, 12 June 2015

For the most part, the new middle class seems too preoccupied with the intense pressures of owning a home and raising a child in a hypercompetitive society to get involved in politics. —John Osburg, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2014

Here are our personal theories for what comes next for our favorite hypercompetitive trio. —Vulture Staff, Vulture, 1 May 2024

Bringing Back Reebok: Shaquille O’Neal pushed to be in charge of the company’s return to the hypercompetitive world of basketball sneakers. —Rory Smith, New York Times, 1 June 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1914, in the meaning defined above