over-elaboration

Until they fell behind City were patient, with the neat combinations of Silva and Nasri aimed at creating a decisive opening for Agüero or Dzeko, but there were signs of over-elaboration as they attempted to plot a course between or around Napoli's three central defenders.

Manchester City forced to dig deep but pass stern test of character | Richard Williams 2011

No, it seemed to be rather the over-elaboration of a woman who has indulged in too much therapy.

Sarah Ferguson on Oprah: the duchess, the debts and the TV diva 2010

Berbatov nonchalantly swept United 3-1 ahead but over-elaboration spared Everton further torment and just when it appeared they had repaid Moyes's side for the reverse scoreline in February, the visitors folded.

Everton and David Moyes roar back to draw with Manchester United 2010

I experienced this at first hand last week, though I also experienced an over-elaboration that threatened to overshadow it.

Two Tuscan Feasts 2009

I experienced this at first hand last week, though I also experienced an over-elaboration that threatened to overshadow it.

Two Tuscan Feasts 2009

I experienced this at first hand last week, though I also experienced an over-elaboration that threatened to overshadow it.

Two Tuscan Feasts 2009

I experienced this at first hand last week, though I also experienced an over-elaboration that threatened to overshadow it.

Two Tuscan Feasts 2009

And that breeds a certain self-consciousness, and that can sometimes breed a certain over-elaboration, a fussiness.

The Guardian Interview 2006

He had spent two nights in the gaudy Pullman then provided — a car intended to make up for some of the inconveniences of its arrangements by an over-elaboration of plush and tortured glass — when the first lone outposts of the prairie metropolis began to appear.

The Titan 2004

"The effect of over-elaboration of firearms control measures diverts manpower from front-line crime prevention and policing," he said in a statement.

ANC Daily News Briefing 2000