hyperactive
IPA: haɪpɝˈæktɪv
adjective
- having an increased state of activity
- having attention deficit disorder (no longer used by the scientific community)
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Examples of "hyperactive" in Sentences
- His insights came in hyperactive bursts between sips from a quart-sized plastic coffee mug.
- It lets you run around during the opening credits if you're feeling hyperactive, which is cute.
- It’s fine roaming around the room in hyperactive fashion when its your own company (ala Steve Jobs) but it is not OK when you are a 25-year-old consultant to the CEO of a Fortune 50 company.
- "If it were a child we would call it hyperactive; if it were a patient we would diagnose it with bipolar disorder; if it were a trader we would fire it for overtrading," wrote Ilan Solot , a London-based economist at Brown Brothers Harriman.
- As Dennett points out, even the simplest animals have what psychologist Justin Barrett in an article in Trends of Cognitive Science 4 2000:29-34, "Exploring the Natural Foundations of Religion," calls a hyperactive agent detection device, or HADD.
- An excellent study in the prestigious medical journal Lancet found that children in general, and not just those suffering from attention deficit disorder (ADD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), can become more impulsive, inattentive, and hyperactive from the cocktail of artificial extras found in drinks, sweets, and processed foods.
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