superproficiency

Definitions

Extreme proficiency.

countable, rare, uncountable

Examples

“The non-alcoholic follows a similiar pattern, but frequently along constructive lines.Recognizing his particular deficiency, he exerts every effort toward overcoming it; with the result⟳ that frequently his eventual superproficiency is the offspring of his initial deficiency.”

“That way was a superproficiency in sports. He worked so hard at developing his natural gifts that he came to rank with men like⟳ Jackie Robinson, Bob Mathias and Jim Thorpe among the greatest all around athletes of our time.”

“But life is about innovation, right? Just ask⟳ anyone asking Canberra for money these days. And, as it turns out, Australia has an emerging sphere of superproficiency in a brand new field of competitive endeavour, and it's time we paid attention.”

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