superproficient
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From super- + proficient.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -ɪʃənt
Adjective
[edit]superproficient (comparative more superproficient, superlative most superproficient)
- (rare) Extremely proficient.
- 1965, George H. Walton, The Wasted Generation[1], Chilton Books, page 35:
- Their sports are the sort that provide almost complete physical participation of all of them, instead of being overemphasized for the superproficient few.
- 1967, Robert Downey, Chafed Elbows[2], Lancer Book, page 136:
- Lawrence Wolfe is superproficient not only as Walter's psychiatrist but as the 34 voices he is credited with contributing — and the rest of the cast is distinguished by the lack of self - conscious amateurism so usual in this kind of film.
- 2016, Michael Copperman, Teacher: Two Years in the Mississippi Delta[3], University Press of Mississippi, →ISBN, page 75:
- Mostly she was superproficient, though on one section of a test from third grade she'd literally receive no points at all, which could only mean tha she'd correctly chosen the wrong answer to each question.