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单词 overdesign
释义

overdesign

verb

over·​de·​sign ˌō-vər-di-ˈzīn How to pronounce overdesign (audio)
overdesigned; overdesigning; overdesigns

transitive verb

: to design in a manner that is excessively complex or that exceeds usual standards (as of sturdiness or safety)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The present system is overdesigned for those surges, with earthen levees and concrete structures containing as much as 3 feet of extra storage space, or freeboard, to account for subsidence and sea level rise over their 50-year design life. Mark Schleifstein, NOLA.com, 22 May 2018 To me that ring is a mix of something that is really strong, and old, and feminine, and not overdesigned, which is all that Ruth embodies. Thomas Beller, Town & Country, 26 June 2017

Word History

First Known Use

1931, in the meaning defined above

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