Meanings
verboverprocess (third-person singular simple present overprocesses, present participle overprocessing, simple past and past participle overprocessed)
present singular third person overprocesses · participle present overprocessing · participle past overprocessed · past overprocessed
- transitiveTo process to too great a degree.
This overprocessed food barely tastes of anything.
1 more example
Most of the electric guitar samples I've come across tend to be overprocessed and unrealistic.
2007, Cliff Truesdell, Mastering Digital Audio Production
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*úp
- Proto-Indo-European*upér
- Proto-Germanic*uber
- Old Englishofer-
- Middle Englishover-
- Englishover-
- Englishprocess
- Englishoverprocess
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APA
overprocess. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overprocess
MLA
“overprocess.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overprocess. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overprocess,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overprocess.
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