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- verb transitive, intransitive To
design too specifically or to too great an extent, as by including unnecessary features. - noun Designing too specifically or to too great an extent.
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Examples
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It seems like a great idea that is allowing overdesign to prevent it from actually happening or being tested.
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Potential downfall: At her casting session, Tim et al were concerned by McKell's tendency to overdesign and potential inability to edit.
Una LaMarche: Meet The Project Runway Season 8 Contestants Una LaMarche 2010
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Potential downfall: At her casting session, Tim et al were concerned by McKell's tendency to overdesign and potential inability to edit.
Una LaMarche: Meet The Project Runway Season 8 Contestants 2010
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He came dressed as some cross between Daria and Edward Scissorhands: ...and while he said that he took the judges' previous critiques to heart apparently Mondo has tried out for the show before, he didn't respond very well to their current criticisms, which are that he has a tendency to overdesign and use too much vinyl.
Una LaMarche: Meet The Project Runway Season 8 Contestants Una LaMarche 2010
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The basic problem that most people in the tech industry have is that they overthink and overdesign.
RSS came from the publishing industry « Scripting News Annex 2006
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The question of the appropriate level of “overdesign” has real world consequences, usually on cost and time.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Did White House Censor Surgeons General? 2007
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The question of the appropriate level of “overdesign” has real world consequences, usually on cost and time.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Did White House Censor Surgeons General? 2007
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I assume a dilligent planner would take account of ALL effects – and not overdesign for ANY of them.
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Steve Sadlov – in your post 22, you seem to fall into the same trap as Dave see 18 and my reply 26 – a diligent designer does not overdesign for any one effect, and so must incorporate ALL effects into his/her risk assessment.
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It's a system that won't achieve most of its objectives, and those it will achieve will be achieved via massive overdesign secure passport system?
Archive 2004-05-02 2004
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