overelaborate

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adjective

Excessively elaborate.

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overcomplicated
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Meanings

adjectiveoverelaborate (comparative more overelaborate, superlative most overelaborate)

comparative more overelaborate · superlative most overelaborate

  1. Excessively elaborate.

    Synonyms: overcomplicated

verboverelaborate (third-person singular simple present overelaborates, present participle overelaborating, simple past and past participle overelaborated)

present singular third person overelaborates · participle present overelaborating · participle past overelaborated · past overelaborated

  1. To elaborate excessively; to go into too much detail.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveExcessively elaborate.

Similar
overcomplicated

Origin

From over- + elaborate.

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Translations

Polish przesadny
  • przesadnyTranslations
Spanish rocambolesco, sobreelaborado
  • rocambolescoTranslations
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Cite this entry
APA

overelaborate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overelaborate

MLA

“overelaborate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overelaborate. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overelaborate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overelaborate.

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