overinstruct

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over-instruct

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overinstruct (third-person singular simple present overinstructs, present participle overinstructing, simple past and past participle overinstructed)

To instruct excessively.
- 1922, E. H. Kastor, Advertising, LaSalle Extension University, page 122:
  It is a common fault to overinstruct the composing room—to tell them the size of type to use in every line and in every corner.
- 1996, Candace Lewis, “Helen Gurley Brown”, in Nancy Signorielli, editor, Women in Communication: A Biographical Sourcebook, Greenwood Press, →ISBN, page 36:
  …feminist critics found fault with the magazine’s tendency to overinstruct readers on how to become some stereotype of a woman they might not be naturally….
- 1997, Malcolm R. McNeil, Donald A. Robin, and Richard A. Schmidt, "Apraxia of Speech: Definition, Differentiation, and Treatment", chapter 14 of Malcolm R. McNeil (ed.), Clinical Management of Sensorimotor Speech Disorders, Thieme, →ISBN, page 333:
  Verbal instructions are often overdone and are often unable to capture the many subtle aspects of skilled movements. …The most important message here is do not overinstruct.