overconcentration
- noun
- /ˌoʊvərkənˈsɛntrəʃən/
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exceso de concentración
- The team's overconcentration on one project led to missed deadlines on others.
Examples
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Teachers warn that overconcentration on test scores can harm students' overall learning.
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His overconcentration on the financial report made him miss important updates from other departments.
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The team's overconcentration on one strategy left them unprepared for unexpected challenges.
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Her overconcentration on the details caused her to overlook the big picture.
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The team faced challenges due to their overconcentration on a single aspect of the project.
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His overconcentration on the project's smallest details made him miss the overall goals.
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But overconcentration on the 20 or so best-known food plants tends to lead us to neglect the others.
Synonyms
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3.3
The ability to give all your attention to something
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6.2
A way of thinking that focuses on one thing and ignores others
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Being very focused on one goal without getting distracted
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Too much attention to one thing makes people ignore other things
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Thinking too much about something and making it more complicated than necessary
Being very focused on one thought or worry
Antonyms
How Focused
Surface Forms
Morphology
overconcentration = concentration (transparent) = over + concentrate + ion
The sense 'excessive focus' is a straightforward meaning of 'over-' + 'concentration'.
Etymology
Overconcentration joins over- ('too much') and concentrate ('to focus' or 'bring together'), the same idea you see in center. So overconcentration means 'focusing too much' on one task or thing and missing other important parts.