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مُفْرِط

excessive /ˈmuf.rɪtˤ/

adjectiveB2#4119 most common

Also: extreme, immoderate, overdone

Example sentences

هُوَ مُفْرِطٌ فِي الأَكْلِ.
He is excessive in his eating.
عِنْدَهُ ثِقَةٌ مُفْرِطَةٌ بِنَفْسِهِ.
He has excessive confidence in himself.
الحَرَارَةُ اليَوْمَ مُفْرِطَةٌ جِدًّا.
The heat today is extremely excessive.
يُعَانِي بَعْضُ الأَطْفَالِ مِنْ نَشَاطٍ مُفْرِطٍ يَصْعُبُ ضَبْطُهُ.
Some children suffer from excessive activity that is hard to control.
أَدَّى اسْتِخْدَامُهُ المُفْرِطُ لِلْمُضَادَّاتِ الحَيَوِيَّةِ إِلَى مُقَاوَمَةٍ بَكْتِيرِيَّةٍ.
His excessive use of antibiotics led to bacterial resistance.
يَرَى النُّقَّادُ أَنَّ تَفَاؤُلَهُ المُفْرِطَ بِشَأْنِ الاقْتِصَادِ يَتَجَاهَلُ مُؤَشِّرَاتٍ تَحْذِيرِيَّةً خَطِيرَةً.
Critics believe his excessive optimism about the economy ignores serious warning signs.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeمُفْرِطٌمُفْرِطُونَ
Genitiveمُفْرِطٍمُفْرِطِينَ
Accusativeمُفْرِطًامُفْرِطِينَ
Vocativeيَا مُفْرِطُيَا مُفْرِطُونَ

Word family

أَفْرَطَto exceed, go to excess
إِفْرَاطexcess, immoderation
مُفْرِطَةexcessive (feminine form)
تَفْرِيطnegligence, shortfall
فَرَطَto precede, go ahead

Etymology

مُفْرِط is the active participle of the Form IV verb أَفْرَطَ (afraṭa), meaning to exceed a proper limit or go to extremes. Both derive from the triliteral root ف ر ط (f-r-ṭ), whose base sense is to go ahead of or overstep something. The participle pattern مُفْعِل marks the agent of that action, so مُفْرِط literally denotes one who, or that which, exceeds the due bound.

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