hyperanalyze

present singular third person hyperanalyzes · participle present hyperanalyzing · participle past hyperanalyzed · past hyperanalyzed · alternative hyper-analyze · alternative hyperanalyse · alternative hyper-analyse

1. transitiveTo analyze excessively; to overanalyze.

   After social media went wild hyper-analyzing a video (and a second, third and fourth angle) that made it seem like Harry Styles spit on Chris Pine during the premiere of Don’t Worry Darling over the weekend, a rep for Pine has finally officially denied the allegations.

   2022 September 6, Tomás Mier, “Harry Styles ‘Did Not’ Spit on Chris Pine: Rep Calls #SpitGate a ‘Ridiculous Story’”, in Rolling Stone

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   In his former practice, he recalls, some patients would bring in spreadsheets of their daily bathroom-scale weights—hyperanalyzing every minor fluctuation and developing odd beliefs and superstitions about what caused weight loss, when in fact the changes in the body’s composition of water, fat, and muscle were all at play.

   2017 January 18, James Hamblin, “Why It May Be Counterproductive to Say 'Overweight'”, in The Atlantic