An overexposed photograph is of poor quality because the film has been exposed to too much light, either when the photograph was taken or duringthe developing process.
overexposed in British English
(ˌəʊvərɪkˈspəʊzd)
adjective
1.
exposed too much or for too long
The programme had been overexposed and overpraised.
2. photography
exposed for too long a period or with too bright a light, resulting in fuzziness
an overexposed washed-out image
Examples of 'overexposed' in a sentence
overexposed
It was an overexposed Polaroid snapshot, in which the woman's face looked like a pale moon framed by the shadows of her hair.
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