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overprocess

overprocess verb: to process to too great a degree.

Verb

overprocess (third-person singular simple present overprocesses, present participle overprocessing, simple past and past participle overprocessed)

  1. (transitive) To process to too great a degree.
    • This overprocessed food barely tastes of anything.
    • Most of the electric guitar samples I've come across tend to be overprocessed and unrealistic.2007, Cliff Truesdell, Mastering Digital Audio Production

Forms of overprocess

third-person singular presentoverprocesses
present participleoverprocessing
past participleoverprocessed
pastoverprocessed

Origin of overprocess

From over- + process.

Questions about overprocess

What does overprocess mean?
Overprocess means to process to too great a degree.
What part of speech is overprocess?
Overprocess is a verb.
What is the past tense of overprocess?
The past tense of overprocess is overprocessed.

Words near overprocess in the dictionary

  1. overprivilegedness
  2. overprize
  3. overprized
  4. overprizes
  5. overprizing
  6. overprocess
  7. overprocessed
  8. overprocesses
  9. overprocessing
  10. overprocrastination
  11. overproduce

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