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overelaboration

overelaboration noun: excessive elaboration; going into too much detail.

Noun

overelaboration (countable and uncountable, plural overelaborations)

  1. excessive elaboration; going into too much detail

Forms of overelaboration

pluraloverelaborations

Origin of overelaboration

From over- + elaboration.

Questions about overelaboration

What does overelaboration mean?
Overelaboration means excessive elaboration; going into too much detail.
What part of speech is overelaboration?
Overelaboration is a noun.
What is the plural of overelaboration?
The plural of overelaboration is overelaborations.

Words near overelaboration in the dictionary

  1. overelaborated
  2. overelaborately
  3. overelaborateness
  4. overelaborates
  5. overelaborating
  6. overelaboration
  7. overelaborations
  8. overelegance
  9. overelegant
  10. overelegantly
  11. overelevation

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