Overdriven
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Driven too hard, or beyond normal limits; exhausted.
"Intertwining, staccato rhythmic patterns by overdriven guitars and basses — the kind of thing that makes rock critics say “angular” in their sleep — used to be merely a sign of semi-competence; now it’s a trademark post-punk device with 30 years of formidable history."
Example
More examples"And Jacob said: My lord, thou knowest that I have with me tender children, and sheep, and kine with young: which if I should cause to be overdriven, in one day all the flocks will die."
Etymology
From over- + driven.
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