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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of overprocess.

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Examples

  • One of the causes of diabetes is overconsumption of relatively inexpensive, highly palatable foods, such as overprocessed cereals, french fries, and other high carb foodstuffs especially those containing high fructose corn syrup.

    Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local 2009

  • It turns out that what I don't like is overprocessed Nashville country, but I could listen to Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, or Emmylou Harris all damned day.

    who do you want me to be to make you sleep with me? rikibeth 2009

  • His metabolism relentlessly overprocessed fats, carbohydrates, sugars.

    The Goal by Matthew Licht matthew michael licht 2010

  • Her overprocessed hair brushed my cheek like a piece of cheap carpet.

    No Mercy Lori Armstrong 2010

  • And any overprocessed food no longer makes an appearance at all.

    THE HIGH SCHOOL REUNION DIET David Colbert 2010

  • According to Pollan, the "Western diet" -- overprocessed and chemically-saturated food -- is not only making us fat, it is killing us.

    Natalia Brzezinski: A Food Hater's Manifesto 2010

  • The food, largely paid for by the federal government, was fatty and overprocessed.

    Chefs Move to Schools: A nutritious program kids can sink their teeth into 2010

  • And any overprocessed food no longer makes an appearance at all.

    THE HIGH SCHOOL REUNION DIET David Colbert 2010

  • Many of them are so overprocessed, they lack fiber, and have such ungodly amounts of added sugars that they not only hurt us, they make us hungry.

    THE HIGH SCHOOL REUNION DIET David Colbert 2010

  • The overprocessed, mass-produced, nutrient-depleted, sugar-spiked offerings that now dominate supermarket shelves have almost totally replaced the much healthier diet of our pasts—probably that of our parents and grandparents, and decidedly that of our ancient ancestors—to the point that today, in the United States, our lack of real nutrition has resulted in a very problematic medical situation.

    THE HIGH SCHOOL REUNION DIET David Colbert 2010

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