overclean

English

Etymology

From over- +‎ clean.

Verb

overclean (third-person singular simple present overcleans, present participle overcleaning, simple past and past participle overcleaned)

1. (transitive) To clean to an excessive degree.
   • 2007 January 11, Mitchell Owens, “Room to Improve”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     It’s basically resistant to dirt, so there’s no reason to overclean it.”

Translations

to clean too much

• Finnish: ylipuhdistaa

Adjective

overclean (comparative more overclean, superlative most overclean)

1. Excessively clean.

   The kitchen floor was not overclean.

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: liian puhdas
• German: übersauber
• Polish: zbyt czysty