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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

overprocess en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English process English overprocess From over- + process.

Meanings

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

Forms

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overprocessed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
overprocessed Tense=Past lexicographic
overprocessing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
overprocesses Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic