how to pronounce excessive

/ɪkˈsɛsɪv/

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excessive is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of excessive in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… because we carry excessive levels of …”

meanings of excessive

adjective:

Exceeding the usual bounds of something; extravagant; immoderate.

excessive frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word excessive occurs in english on average 9.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics excessive can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that excessive can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;