overdone
adjUK /ˌəʊ.vəˈdʌn/ · US /ˌoʊ.vɚˈdʌn/
Etymology From Middle English overdon, from Old English oferdōn, equivalent to over- + done.
1
Cooked too much.
2
Exaggerated; overwrought.
- There are lots of pauses and little detours, hitchings-up of their smocks, inspection of the soles of their feet, some rather overdone limping.1997, Lawrence Norfolk, The Pope's Rhinoceros:
3
Repeated too often; hackneyed.
- Derived terms
- overdoneness