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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of overanalyze.

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Examples

  • A lot of that has been overanalyzed and inaccurately portrayed, but it's part and parcel of cycling.

    Lance Armstrong says he's retiring from cycling for good Cindy Boren 2011

  • It's unavoidable: Exit polls will be broadly misreported and overanalyzed Tuesday evening, leading to severe confusion about what's happening, and why.

    Election 2010: The dangers of exit polls Jon Cohen 2010

  • It's unavoidable: Exit polls will be broadly misreported and overanalyzed Tuesday evening, leading to severe confusion about what's happening, and why.

    Election 2010: The dangers of exit polls Jon Cohen 2010

  • It even rolled out former Afghan commander and now CIA Director David Petraeus to say that Mr. Panetta's words had been "overanalyzed" and that he was merely describing a "progressive transition" before the planned combat pullout in 2014.

    To the Afghan Exits 2012

  • Such reflections, never belabored and never overanalyzed, enrich what ultimately resolves into what the author calls "that ageless angelic theme," a classic underdog sports story.

    Call Me Safe, Ishmael Sam Sacks 2011

  • This seems to be the case with a lot of shows these days — overanalyzed and underenjoyed — and while I love the forum that this column provides, such things can sometimes be a double-edged sword in that respect.

    Ask Matt: Downton Abbey's Meanies, Remakes, Touch, Grey's Anatomy and More! 2012

  • In short order, a movement that few people took seriously has become the most obsessed-over and overanalyzed political backlash since the 1960s.

    Five myths about the 'tea party' 2010

  • ANYTHING said during a presidential election will be overanalyzed and said person will be held accountable, no matter the circumstance in which the quote was delivered.

    Your Right Hand Thief 2008

  • "What happens, I think, at that position is it gets overanalyzed," says Louisville head coach Steve Kragthorpe.

    Brohm asking why he's behind Ryan in QB pack 2008

  • As LeBron James headed toward the home stretch in his overhyped, over extended and overanalyzed decision as to where he will play, the naysayers will talk more about the losers in the campaigns than the winner, and will it have been worth the fight and the time for the losers, no matter what city they are from.

    Joe Favorito: The LeBron Cost... And Why Teams Needed to Do It 2010

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