Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Learned by repetitive practice or memorization, beyond the point where it can be immediately recalled.
- adjective Too learned.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
overlearn .
Etymologies
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Examples
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He thinks some people, especially younger investors, have "overlearned" the lesson of 2008 and therefore are shying away from the stock market too much.
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A look back suggests the president and his allies may have "overlearned" the lessons of President Bill Clinton's 1993-1994 health-care defeat.
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For a while, the line here was that the Obama administration had "overlearned" the lessons of the failed Clinton strategy from that last, ambitious reform effort.
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Engineers have determined that for most people, driving is an "overlearned" activity that can be done without conscious thought or effort.
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One reason the Israelis had gotten into so much trouble during the early days of the war was that they "overlearned" the lessons of the 1967 Six Day War.
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If the Times's new paywall is too easily breached, perhaps that is because the paper's executives overlearned the lesson of their last attempt at charging for online access.
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If the Times's new paywall is too easily breached, perhaps that is because the paper's executives overlearned the lesson of their last attempt at charging for online access.
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We've overlearned the High Noon scenario of good guys versus bad guys.
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But Baker -- who did predict the housing crisis and so has some actual credibility on this subject -- thinks that some analysts have perhaps overlearned the lessons of the past few years.
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Obama (some would say) overlearned the lesson of Hillary Clinton's healthcare fiasco.
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