overparameterize
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overparameterize (third-person singular simple present overparameterizes, present participle overparameterizing, simple past and past participle overparameterized)
- (transitive, intransitive, statistics) To use an excessive number of parameters.
- (transitive, intransitive, statistics) To increase the degree of the line of best fit to the point that the fit of the line decreases.