overillustration

noun

noun

Etymology From over- + illustration.

Excessive illustration.

There is no rule limiting the number of illustrations that may be used in a publication of the Geological Survey, but in selecting illustrations for a report an author may easily fall into the error of overillustration.1920, John Livesy Ridgway, The Preparation of Illustrations for Reports of the United States Geological Survey, page 8:

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