Meanings
nounoveramplification (usually uncountable, plural overamplifications)
plural overamplifications
- uncountableusuallyentertainmentExcessive amplification.
Although there is some recorded music, the 10 musicians […] add further vitality to the program, despite bad overamplification.
2007 October 16, Roslyn Sulcas, “The Costumes, the Rifles, the Six-Foot Headdresses”, in New York Times
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*úp
- Proto-Indo-European*upér
- Proto-Germanic*uber
- Old Englishofer-
- Middle Englishover-
- Englishover-
- Englishamplification
- Englishoveramplification
From over- + amplification.
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overamplification. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overamplification
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