Overdescribe
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Overdescribe is a verb meaning To provide an overly detailed description.
Meaning
To provide an overly detailed description.
Example Sentences
Never overdescribe your setting. Why run the risk of boring readers?
There is a third reason for misdescription: the drafter's irrepressible impulse to overdescribe.
We need to go through and edit our action lines; there's no need to overwrite them or overdescribe things.
Word Forms
- overdescribes
- overdescribing
- overdescribed
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include overelaborate, overexplain, overspecify, overspell, overinform, exaggerate.
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