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- verb Present participle of
overclean .
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Examples
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The lighter and more colorful foundation layers exposed by overcleaning were never meant to be seen in finished pictures.
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The lighter and more colorful foundation layers exposed by overcleaning were never meant to be seen in finished pictures.
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I think that first one illustrates why many Atkinson Grimshaw paintings have been damaged by overcleaning, it would be hard to know how much of the darkness was intentional!
John Atkinson Grimshaw Hermes 2009
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A knife and fork, which had not been worn out by overcleaning, flanked a cracked delf plate; a nearly empty mustard-pot, placed on one side of the table, balanced a saltcellar, containing an article of a greyish, or rather a blackish mixture, upon the other, both of stone-ware, and bearing too obvious marks of recent service.
Chapter XLIV 1917
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Both are masterpieces, but does their present condition reflect their state when bought by Eastlake, or is it the consequence of savage overcleaning by Helmuth Ruhemann in the 1940s?
Evening Standard - Home Brian Sewell 2011
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Both are masterpieces, but does their present condition reflect their state when bought by Eastlake, or is it the consequence of savage overcleaning by Helmuth Ruhemann in the 1940s?
Evening Standard - Home Brian Sewell 2011
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Both are masterpieces, but does their present condition reflect their state when bought by Eastlake, or is it the consequence of savage overcleaning by Helmuth Ruhemann in the 1940s?
Evening Standard - Home Brian Sewell 2011
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A knife and fork, which had not been worn out by overcleaning, flanked a cracked delf plate;
Guy Mannering 1815
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An exhibition of his paintings and drawings, some of the highest quality, some not, and some distressed by overcleaning and exposure, now in the gallery of Robilant and Voena, is an opportunity not to be missed - though one may easily miss the gallery.
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Security vendors like to turn up the dial on computer security threats, but the Bleeding Edge blog says if you don’t strike a balance you’ll waste time and end up overcleaning your computer.
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