overdesign

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verb

To design too specifically or to too great an extent, as by including unnecessary features.

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Meanings

verboverdesign (third-person singular simple present overdesigns, present participle overdesigning, simple past and past participle overdesigned)

present singular third person overdesigns · participle present overdesigning · participle past overdesigned · past overdesigned

  1. ambitransitiveTo design too specifically or to too great an extent, as by including unnecessary features.
nounoverdesign (uncountable)
  1. uncountableDesigning too specifically or to too great an extent.

Origin

From over- + design.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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