noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Designing too specifically or to too great an extent. uncountable

Verb

1. 1
   To design too specifically or to too great an extent, as by including unnecessary features. ambitransitive

Etymology

From over- + design.

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