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Etymology

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over- +‎ designed

Adjective

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overdesigned (comparative more overdesigned, superlative most overdesigned)

  1. Having undergone excessive design, leading to complicatedness or an unnecessary degree of capability and durability.
    This is the most overdesigned version yet. It can survive a 100-foot fall and can pick up satellite radio; which is kind of overkill for a disposable razor.
    • 1999, New Art Examiner, volume 26, numbers 5-10, page 67:
      The book is unquestionably fashionable: the hot pink cover, littered with bell hooksian typography, opens to reveal overdesigned pages full of the trendiest graphics []