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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
overenunciate .
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Examples
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The medley is promising: she sings a c hildren's song, "On the Good Ship Lollipop"; a popular quasinovelty, "The Object of My Affection" (which she comically overenunciates in the manner of an affected radio tenor); and the 1925 jazz standard "Dinah."
When a Star Was Born 2010
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Besides, Bush so overenunciates for the cognitive challenged that you don't need to be a lip-reader to pick out keywords like "en-tre-pren-oor,", which tax his mouth to the max. My clinical evaluation.
What Goes Unsaid: James Wolcott Wolcott, James, 1952- 2009
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He does the same on "Sublico Shuffle": The refrain is "sacred secret" repeated while Kannberg overenunciates over a swirling low guitar.
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