overdesigned

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adjective

Having undergone excessive design, leading to complicatedness or an unnecessary degree of capability and durability.

“This is the most overdesigned version yet. It can survive a 100-foot fall and can pick up satellite radio; which is kind of overkill for a disposable razor.”

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

adjectiveoverdesigned (comparative more overdesigned, superlative most overdesigned)

comparative more overdesigned · superlative most overdesigned

  1. Having undergone excessive design, leading to complicatedness or an unnecessary degree of capability and durability.

    This is the most overdesigned version yet. It can survive a 100-foot fall and can pick up satellite radio; which is kind of overkill for a disposable razor.

    1 more example

    The book is unquestionably fashionable: the hot pink cover, littered with bell hooksian typography, opens to reveal overdesigned pages full of the trendiest graphics […]

    1999, New Art Examiner, volume 26, numbers 5-10, page 67

Origin

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

From over- + designed.

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APA

overdesigned. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overdesigned

MLA

“overdesigned.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overdesigned. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overdesigned,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overdesigned.

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