overfeature

English

Etymology

From over- +‎ feature.

Verb

overfeature (third-person singular simple present overfeatures, present participle overfeaturing, simple past and past participle overfeatured)

1. (transitive) To feature excessively.
   • 1939, Christian Advocate, volume 100, page 13:

     When recently I told the editor of our leading city paper that I thought he overfeatured the late Pope's death and the coronation of his successor, he said, what I could not gainsay: […]

   • 1941, United States. Congress, Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates..., page 2020:

     I believe our educational system has overfeatured the quantitative phase of education in order that they might get students ready for college.

   • 2011, Peter Eisenstadt, Rochdale Village, page 280:

     Despite a tendency to overfeature himself in Inside Rochdale, Abramson was a good editor who generally tried to report the news fairly and in reasonable depth.

Related terms

• overfeatured