overclean
1 of 2verb
over·clean ˌō-vər-ˈklēn 
overcleaned; overcleaning
transitive verb
: to clean (something) too much
Overcleaning gold jewelry may cause unnecessary wear.
We are victims of our own (carefully nurtured by advertising) need to overclean everything in our lives. We do our children no favours whatsoever by subjecting them to a sterile environment in the house only to send their unprepared immune systems out into a grubby, germy world.
Lee Simpson
Lee Simpsonoverclean
2 of 2adjective
: excessively clean
An overclean fish tank lacks important components of a natural ecosystem.
… the windows were not overclean. In honest truth, it must be admitted that they were positively dirty. William Alexander Hammond
William Alexander Hammond
Word History
First Known Use
Verb
1815, in the meaning defined above
Adjective
1748, in the meaning defined above