overfix

English

Etymology

From over- +‎ fix.

Verb

overfix (third-person singular simple present overfixes, present participle overfixing, simple past and past participle overfixed)

1. (transitive) To fix exceedingly or excessively; fix beyond what is required
   • 1998, Mark E. Brandon, Free in the World: American Slavery and Constitutional Failure:

     Caution dictated a strategy not to "overfix" the dilemma of slavery, whose future was not clear and whose capacity to sow discontent was high.

   • 2008, K. H. Andy Choo, In Situ Hybridization Protocols - Page 328:

     It is better to overfix rather than underfix.

Antonyms

• underfix