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overdesign

overdesign verb: to design too specifically or to too great an extent, as by including unnecessary features.

Verb

overdesign (third-person singular simple present overdesigns, present participle overdesigning, simple past and past participle overdesigned)

  1. (ambitransitive) To design too specifically or to too great an extent, as by including unnecessary features.

Noun

overdesign (uncountable)

  1. Designing too specifically or to too great an extent.

Forms of overdesign

third-person singular presentoverdesigns
present participleoverdesigning
past participleoverdesigned
pastoverdesigned

Origin of overdesign

From over- + design.

Questions about overdesign

What does overdesign mean?
Overdesign means to design too specifically or to too great an extent, as by including unnecessary features.
What part of speech is overdesign?
Overdesign can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of overdesign?
The past tense of overdesign is overdesigned.

Words near overdesign in the dictionary

  1. overdescribes
  2. overdescribing
  3. overdescription
  4. overdescriptions
  5. overdescriptive
  6. overdesign
  7. overdesigned
  8. overdesigning
  9. overdesigns
  10. overdesirous
  11. overdesperate

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