overrestore
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verb
[edit]overrestore (third-person singular simple present overrestores, present participle overrestoring, simple past and past participle overrestored)
- (transitive) To impair (an old artwork, building, etc.) by restoring it too enthusiastically.
- 2008 June 14, David W. Dunlap, “A Father’s Tribute to Three Dead Daughters Is Restored”, in New York Times[1]:
- “We didn’t want to overrestore it,” Mr. Allen said.