overfix

English edit

Etymology edit

From over- +‎ fix.

Verb edit

overfix (third-person singular simple present overfixes, present participle overfixing, simple past and past participle overfixed)

(transitive) To fix exceedingly or excessively; fix beyond what is required
- 1998, Mark E. Brandon, Free in the World: American Slavery and Constitutional Failure:
  Caution dictated a strategy not to "overfix" the dilemma of slavery, whose future was not clear and whose capacity to sow discontent was high.
- 2008, K. H. Andy Choo, In Situ Hybridization Protocols - Page 328:
  It is better to overfix rather than underfix.

Antonyms edit

underfix