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overresearched

overresearched adjective: excessively researched.

Adjective

overresearched (comparative more overresearched, superlative most overresearched)

  1. Excessively researched.
    • Writing music bios is hard — even generous advances have a way of disappearing before the job is done right, with overresearched childhoods and rushed endgames common, especially if the writer has no academic salary to fall back on.2007 June 3, Robert Christgau, “Combat Rocker”, in New York Times
    • One senior manager was concerned that gender issues are being overresearched and yet the research findings do not benefit the Kenyan people.2011, Jane Onsongo, Promoting Gender Equity in Selected Public Universities of Kenya, page 105

Forms of overresearched

comparativemore overresearched
superlativemost overresearched

Origin of overresearched

From over- + researched.

Questions about overresearched

What does overresearched mean?
Overresearched means excessively researched.
What part of speech is overresearched?
Overresearched is an adjective.

Words near overresearched in the dictionary

  1. overrepression
  2. overrequest
  3. overrequested
  4. overrequesting
  5. overrequests
  6. overresearched
  7. overreserve
  8. overreserved
  9. overreserves
  10. overreserving
  11. overresolute

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