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overdesigned

overdesigned adjective: having undergone excessive design, leading to complicatedness or an unnecessary degree of capability and durability.

Adjective

overdesigned (comparative more overdesigned, superlative most overdesigned)

  1. Having undergone excessive design, leading to complicatedness or an unnecessary degree of capability and durability.
    • This is the most overdesigned version yet. It can survive a 100-foot fall and can pick up satellite radio; which is kind of overkill for a disposable razor.
    • The book is unquestionably fashionable: the hot pink cover, littered with bell hooksian typography, opens to reveal overdesigned pages full of the trendiest graphics […]1999, New Art Examiner, volume 26, numbers 5-10, page 67

Forms of overdesigned

comparativemore overdesigned
superlativemost overdesigned

Origin of overdesigned

From over- + designed.

Questions about overdesigned

What does overdesigned mean?
Overdesigned means having undergone excessive design, leading to complicatedness or an unnecessary degree of capability and durability.
What part of speech is overdesigned?
Overdesigned is an adjective.

Words near overdesigned in the dictionary

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

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