Oversearch
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Oversearch is a verb meaning To search excessively.
Meaning
To search excessively.
More Meanings
- (archaic, transitive) To search all over.
Example Sentences
To oversearch the fearful ocean
But people undersearch far more than they oversearch: We tend to explore situations less thoroughly than our own goals recommend!
Oversearching: If you look long enough and hard enough for any particular pattern in a data set, the more you look, the more likely you are to find it—whether it's meaningful or not.
Word Forms
- oversearches
- oversearching
- oversearched
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include outsearch, overspread, overhunt, overrange, overpursue, overwork.
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