overamplified

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adjective

Excessively amplified

“The music was overamplified.”

OriginEnglish amplified ← Middle English over- ← Old English ofer- →
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Meanings

adjectiveoveramplified (comparative more overamplified, superlative most overamplified)

comparative more overamplified · superlative most overamplified

  1. Excessively amplified

    The music was overamplified.

    1 more example

    Tanny McDonald's voice would be compelling if the weird sisters weren't so wired as to be in another, more overamplified play.

    1988 May 28, John Simon, “Too Many Murderers”, in New York Magazine, page 100
verb
  1. participlepastpast participle of overamplify

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Germanic*uber
  4. Old Englishofer-
  5. Middle Englishover-
  6. Englishover-
  7. Englishamplified
  8. Englishoveramplified

From over- + amplified.

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APA

overamplified. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overamplified

MLA

“overamplified.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overamplified. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overamplified,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overamplified.

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