overrehearsed

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adjective

Rehearsed too many times; made formulaic by repetition.

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Meanings

adjectiveoverrehearsed (comparative more overrehearsed, superlative most overrehearsed)

comparative more overrehearsed · superlative most overrehearsed

  1. Rehearsed too many times; made formulaic by repetition.

    In a long digression, he hilariously but needlessly indulges his hatred of the Eagles: soulless, overrehearsed, antiseptic, schematic, insincere, sentimental ... the most consistently contemptible stadium band in rock.

    2007 October 28, Gregory Cowles, “Grievous Angel”, in New York Times

Origin

From over- + rehearsed.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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