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overinstruct en · VERB

Etymology

From over- + instruct.

Meanings

1. To instruct excessively.
   • …feminist critics found fault with the magazine’s tendency to overinstruct readers on how to become some stereotype of a woman they might not be naturally…. 1996, Candace Lewis, “Helen Gurley Brown”, in Nancy Signorielli, editor, Women in Communication: A Biographical Sourcebook, Greenwood Press, →ISBN, page 36:
   • It is a common fault to overinstruct the composing room—to tell them the size of type to use in every line and in every corner. 1922, E. H. Kastor, Advertising, LaSalle Extension University, page 122
   • Verbal instructions are often overdone and are often unable to capture the many subtle aspects of skilled movements. …The most important message here is do not overinstruct. 1997, Malcolm R. McNeil, Donald A. Robin, and Richard A. Schmidt, "Apraxia of Speech: Definition, Differentiation, and Treatment", chapter 14 of Malcolm R. McNeil (ed.), Clinical Management of Sensorimotor Speech Disorders, Thieme, page 333

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