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overedit

overedit verb: to edit something too much.

Verb

overedit (third-person singular simple present overedits, present participle overediting, simple past and past participle overedited)

  1. To edit something too much.
    • Killers seems as if it's been overedited, underwritten, and, as a last resort, jury-rigged.1988 June 17, Tom Boeker, “Killers”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2016
    • The quick cuts made the film almost overedited.2005, Jay Brody, Brody's Guide to the College Admissions Essay, →ISBN, page 70

Forms of overedit

third-person singular presentoveredits
present participleoverediting
past participleoveredited
pastoveredited

Origin of overedit

From over- + edit.

Questions about overedit

What does overedit mean?
Overedit means to edit something too much.
What part of speech is overedit?
Overedit is a verb.
What is the past tense of overedit?
The past tense of overedit is overedited.

Words near overedit in the dictionary

  1. overedged
  2. overedger
  3. overedgers
  4. overedges
  5. overedging
  6. overedit
  7. overedited
  8. overediting
  9. overedits
  10. overeducate
  11. overeducated

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