overmodulate

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verb

To modulate too much.

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Meanings

verbovermodulate (third-person singular simple present overmodulates, present participle overmodulating, simple past and past participle overmodulated)

present singular third person overmodulates · participle present overmodulating · participle past overmodulated · past overmodulated

  1. transitiveTo modulate too much.

    Perhaps that’s why the first and title song of “Some Loud Thunder” is distorted to become nearly unlistenable, and the next track, “Emily Jean Stock,” is wrecked by overmodulated drums.

    2007 January 29, Jon Pareles, “New CDs”, in New York Times

Origin

From over- + modulate.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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