overfeature
English
Etymology
over- + feature
Verb
overfeature (third-person singular simple present overfeatures, present participle overfeaturing, simple past and past participle overfeatured)
- (transitive) To feature excessively.
- 1939, Christian Advocate (volume 100, page 13)
- When recently I told the editor of our leading city paper that I thought he overfeatured the late Pope's death and the coronation of his successor, he said, what I could not gainsay: […]
- 1941, United States. Congress, Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates... (page 2020)
- I believe our educational system has overfeatured the quantitative phase of education in order that they might get students ready for college.
- 2011, Peter Eisenstadt, Rochdale Village (page 280)
- Despite a tendency to overfeature himself in Inside Rochdale, Abramson was a good editor who generally tried to report the news fairly and in reasonable depth.
- 1939, Christian Advocate (volume 100, page 13)
Related terms
- overfeatured