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    over-elaborate
    /ˌəʊvə(r)ɪˈlab(ə)rət/

    adjective

    • 1. excessively elaborate: "a courtly, over-elaborate speech"

    verb

    • 1. explain or treat in excessive detail: "if they don't over-elaborate the story I don't question it"

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  3. OVER-ELABORATE definition: 1. containing too much careful detail or too many detailed parts: 2. to add too much information…. Learn more.

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  5. Overelaborate definition: excessively or fussily elaborate, ornate, detailed, etc.. See examples of OVERELABORATE used in a sentence.

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  7. the addition of too much information, too much careful detail, or too many detailed parts: In my opinion, his new song suffers from over-elaboration. She manages to avoid any literary overelaboration. Fewer examples. He is confident enough to write with a direct prose that needs no over-elaboration. Much art nouveau tends towards over-elaboration.

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  9. Overelaborate means to make something excessively ornate, detailed, or complex. Learn how to use this word in sentences and find synonyms, translations, and related terms.