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- adjective
Rehearsed too many times; madeformulaic byrepetition .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Looking at things shallowly, and let's, Sonia Sotomayor seemed weirdly overrehearsed, speaking v e r y s l o w l y, gesturing with her hands in a way that was no doubt supposed to look natural and warm, like grandma in the kitchen, but instead came across as artificial and mildly animatronic.
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No guile, no hesitation, nothing phony or overrehearsed.
The Hard Way Child, Lee 2006
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No guile, no hesitation, nothing phony or overrehearsed.
The Hard War Child, Lee 2006
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The act was accomplished with so much reverence and ceremony that it looked overrehearsed, like a Super Bowl halftime show or the bridal stroll down the aisle at a wedding.
Manner of Death White, Stephen, 1951- 1999
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The act was accomplished with so much reverence and ceremony that it looked overrehearsed, like a Super Bowl halftime show or the bridal stroll down the aisle at a wedding.
Manner of Death White, Stephen, 1951- 1999
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The act was accomplished with so much reverence and ceremony that it looked overrehearsed, like a Super Bowl halftime show or the bridal stroll down the aisle at a wedding.
Manner of Death White, Stephen, 1951- 1999
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