Definitions

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  • adjective Excessively connected; having too many connections.

Etymologies

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over- +‎ connected

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Examples

  • Frankly, I think everyone is WAY overconnected these days.

    How Many Web Services Can One Person Use? - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

  • In our crazily scheduled, overloaded, overconnected world, it's sometimes easy to forget that the best way from here to there is often just A to B. Wyclef's unswerving determination and single-minded eye to his goal reminded us quite a few times that sometimes less complicated can be more effective.

    Marian Salzman: What I've Learned From Wyclef Jean 2010

  • In our crazily scheduled, overloaded, overconnected world, it's sometimes easy to forget that the best way from here to there is often just A to B. Wyclef's unswerving determination and single-minded eye to his goal reminded us quite a few times that sometimes less complicated can be more effective.

    Marian Salzman: What I've Learned From Wyclef Jean 2010

  • In our crazily scheduled, overloaded, overconnected world, it's sometimes easy to forget that the best way from here to there is often just A to B. Wyclef's unswerving determination and single-minded eye to his goal reminded us quite a few times that sometimes less complicated can be more effective.

    Marian Salzman: What I've Learned From Wyclef Jean 2010

  • They worry that folks are becoming overconnected and are losing something in this shift.

    The End of Alone « open thinking 2009

  • This was the topic this morning on the news - children overconnected in ways that are taking them away from other, as- or more important types of connections and activities in the physical world.

    Going from "It" to "Out": Dealing with network withdrawal 2008

  • Release or creative destruction takes place when the conservation phase has built elaborate and tightly bound structures that have become “overconnected,” so that a rapid change is triggered.

    An Introduction to Ecological Economics~ Chapter 3 2008

  • New York's Ackerman Institute for the Family now offers therapy for the overconnected.

    Laptop Love 2008

  • This choice stems from living in an Internet-driven, overconnected world.

    Forbes.com: News Bill Davidow 2011

  • From my point of view, in an Internet-driven overconnected world, George Orwell is my best option for a privacy partner.

    Forbes.com: News Bill Davidow 2011

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