overdone

From Middle English overdon, from Old English oferdōn, equivalent to over- +‎ done.

• enPR: ō′vər-dŭn′
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌəʊ.vəˈdʌn/

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  • (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌoʊ.vɚˈdʌn/

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• Rhymes: -ʌn
• Hyphenation: o‧ver‧done

overdone (comparative more overdone, superlative most overdone)

1. Cooked too much.
2. Exaggerated; overwrought.
   • 1997, Lawrence Norfolk, The Pope's Rhinoceros:

     There are lots of pauses and little detours, hitchings-up of their smocks, inspection of the soles of their feet, some rather overdone limping.

3. Repeated too often; hackneyed.

overdone

1. past participle of overdo

• Noah Webster (1828), “overdone”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language: […], volume II (J–Z), New York, N.Y.: […] S. Converse; printed by Hezekiah Howe […], →OCLC.
• “overdone”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

• done over