Definitions
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- v. To polish too much.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- transitive v. To polish too much.
Etymologies
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over- + polish
Examples
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Instead, anxious students, and the adults who help them overpolish their applications, "leach all the personality out" of them, she says.
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When a good painting is spoilt by overpolish, to wash the polish off is not to restore it to its former appearance.
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That is, build in just enough to satisfy the user, but don't overpolish
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