superproficient

English

Etymology

From super- +‎ proficient.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɪʃənt

Adjective

superproficient (comparative more superproficient, superlative most superproficient)

1. (rare) Extremely proficient.
   • 1965, George H. Walton, The Wasted Generation‎, 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, 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, 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.