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verboveredit (third-person singular simple present overedits, present participle overediting, simple past and past participle overedited)
present singular third person overedits · participle present overediting · participle past overedited · past overedited
- To edit something too much.
The quick cuts made the film almost overedited.
2005, Jay Brody, Brody's Guide to the College Admissions Essay, →ISBN, page 702 more examples
Killers seems as if it's been overedited, underwritten, and, as a last resort, jury-rigged.
1988 June 17, Tom Boeker, “Killers”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2016He felt Billings overedited him and made capricious changes.
2012, Robert Goldsborough, The Missing Chapter, →ISBN
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APA
overedit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overedit
MLA
“overedit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overedit. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overedit,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overedit.
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