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over-elaborate
over-elaborate v. 
/ˌoʊvəriˈlæbəˌreɪt/
Brit. /ˌəʊvə(r)ᵻˈlabəreɪt/
, /ˌəʊvə(r)ᵻˈlabəreɪt/U.S. /ˌoʊvərəˈlæbəˌreɪt/
, /ˌoʊvərəˈlæbəˌreɪt//ˌoʊvəriˈlæbəˌreɪt/ΚΠ
1899 Publ. Amer. Econ. Assoc. No. 2. 6 The tabulations are in some cases omitted, in some defective, and in some over-elaborated.
1950 Sport 22 Sept. 15/4 Teams which over-elaborate and fiddle to no purpose are not playing football.
1984 N. A. Cookson Romano-Brit. Mosaics (BNC) 21 In other instances one finds a tendency to over elaborate, and a heaviness of design..is the result.
over-elaborate
over-elaborate adj. /ˌoʊvəriˈlæb(ə)rət/
Brit. /ˌəʊvə(r)ᵻˈlab(ə)rət/
, /ˌəʊvə(r)ᵻˈlab(ə)rət/U.S. /ˌoʊvərəˈlæb(ə)rət/
, /ˌoʊvərəˈlæb(ə)rət//ˌoʊvəriˈlæb(ə)rət/ΚΠ
1878–9 Proc. Royal Soc. 28 113 The actual construction of a practically useful machine..does not promise to be either difficult or over-elaborate.
2001 Daily Tel. 12 June 25/5 Only Prospero's Books, an over-elaborate riff on The Tempest, defeated Vierny's ability to make Greenaway's vision decipherable.
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