hyperaggressive
adjective
hy·per·ag·gres·sive
ˌhī-pər-ə-ˈgre-siv 
variants
or hyper-aggressive
: extremely or excessively aggressive
a hyperaggressive sales agent
… the high-status prizes now go only to those willing to be hyperaggressive about doing what's necessary to achieve results.—
Kenneth Labich
Kenneth Labich
hyperaggressively
adverb
or hyper-aggressively
Genetically altered mice are scampering all over the place, losing weight, acting hyperaggressively.
—Linton Weeks
Linton Weeks
hyperaggressiveness
noun
or hyper-aggressiveness
… the spotted hyena, famed for the hyperaggressiveness of the female member of the species.
—Natalie Angier
Natalie Angier
Examples of hyperaggressive in a Sentence
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One worker wasp—and only one—suddenly becomes hyperaggressive.
—Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 2 Feb. 2013
That no one challenges this hyperaggressive individual is an even stronger clue.
—Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 2 Feb. 2013
As a result, groups of mellow males can have more offspring than groups that contain hyperaggressive water striders.
—Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 29 July 2010
Few may be as hyperaggressive as the officers who killed Nichols, but their fear and belligerence can still evoke a reciprocal urge in a driver to talk back or flee, sparking a deadly cycle.
—David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2023
The committee had squeezed donors with hyperaggressive new tactics.
—Shane Goldmacher, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2022
Their hyperaggressive driving was deranged, but unfortunately not unusual.
—William Falk, The Week, 14 Aug. 2021
Unsurprisingly, most available evidence suggests that their style of hyperaggressive diplomacy wasn’t winning friends.
—Washington Post, 3 June 2021
Not only does the US have to contend with more contagious COVID variants from the UK and South Africa, but a hyperaggressive relaxation of COVID safety guidelines could spur additional outbreaks in the near future.
—Yoni Heisler, BGR, 16 Mar. 2021
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Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 2 Feb. 2013
That no one challenges this hyperaggressive individual is an even stronger clue.
—Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 2 Feb. 2013
As a result, groups of mellow males can have more offspring than groups that contain hyperaggressive water striders.
—Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 29 July 2010
Few may be as hyperaggressive as the officers who killed Nichols, but their fear and belligerence can still evoke a reciprocal urge in a driver to talk back or flee, sparking a deadly cycle.
—David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2023
The committee had squeezed donors with hyperaggressive new tactics.
—Shane Goldmacher, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2022
Their hyperaggressive driving was deranged, but unfortunately not unusual.
—William Falk, The Week, 14 Aug. 2021
Unsurprisingly, most available evidence suggests that their style of hyperaggressive diplomacy wasn’t winning friends.
—Washington Post, 3 June 2021
Not only does the US have to contend with more contagious COVID variants from the UK and South Africa, but a hyperaggressive relaxation of COVID safety guidelines could spur additional outbreaks in the near future.
—Yoni Heisler, BGR, 16 Mar. 2021
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hyperaggressive
adjective
hy·per·ag·gres·sive
ˌhī-pə-rə-ˈgres-əv
: extremely or excessively aggressive
hyperaggressive patients
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