overedit en · VERB
Etymology
From over- + edit.
Meanings
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To edit something too much.
The quick cuts made the film almost overedited.
2005, Jay Brody, Brody's Guide to the College Admissions Essay, →ISBN, page 70:He felt Billings overedited him and made capricious changes.
2012, Robert Goldsborough, The Missing Chapter, →ISBN: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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| overedited | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| overedited | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| overedits | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| overediting | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |