Overdirected
adj, verb
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Definitions
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of overdirect form-of, participle, past
Adjective
- 1 Of a film: directed with too much effort or embellishment.
"This Pulitzer- and Tony-winning one-man show looked pretty enervated here, ponderously overdirected by Robin Phillips."
Example
More examples"This Pulitzer- and Tony-winning one-man show looked pretty enervated here, ponderously overdirected by Robin Phillips."
Etymology
From over- + directed.
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