overedit

verb

overedit

verb

Etymology From over- + edit.

1

To edit something too much.

  • 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:
  • The quick cuts made the film almost overedited.2005, Jay Brody, Brody's Guide to the College Admissions Essay, →ISBN, page 70:
1 more example
  • He felt Billings overedited him and made capricious changes.2012, Robert Goldsborough, The Missing Chapter, →ISBN:

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