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overcreative en · ADJ

Etymology

From over- + creative.

Meanings

1. Excessively creative.
   • He was lean and wore a Hawaiian shirt with teal sharks eating palm trees, Dickies painter pants, a straw hat with a beer logo, argyle socks with red sneakers, unflinchingly overcreative. 2009, Matthew Stewart, The French Revolution: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Soft Skull Press, published 2010, →ISBN, page 262:
   • It's called Bell's Diner and the chef is called Chris Wicks. It's in Montpelier in Bristol. He's a very creative chef, but not overcreative. 2008 November 25, Rachel Dixon, quoting Andrea Leeman, “Table talk”, in The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 Dec 2015:
   • "I tend to get overcreative when things aren't going well," says [David] Cone in one of his many astute self-analyses. "I've tried all those different grips — some I've never used before — and somewhere in the middle I lose my way. Too much tinkering, too much Young Tom Edison. I'm a victim of my own style." 2001 May 1, Michiko Kakutani, “Books of The Times: Toting the Wins and Losses Of a Pitcher's Art and Psyche”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 Jun 2022:

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