hypervigilant

English

Etymology

From hyper- +‎ vigilant.

Adjective

hypervigilant (comparative more hypervigilant, superlative most hypervigilant)

  1. In a state of hypervigilance.
    • 2007 August 25, “Dollars for Sale”, in The New York Times‎[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 November 2022:
      And policy makers and currency traders are once again hypervigilant for signs that Asian central banks might redeploy part of their dollar-based debt holdings into non-American investments.
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