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  • adjective Simple past tense and past participle of overdress.

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  • adjective dressed too elaborately

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Examples

  • "It is very unlikely that any one else will be in white or anything at all dressy, and you will look overdressed, which is in very bad taste; besides, though the weather seems warm enough for such thin material here on shore, it will be a great deal cooler on the water; and should the waves or spray come dashing over us, you would find your dress clinging to you like a wet rag -- neither beauty nor comfort in it."

    Elsie at Nantucket Martha Finley 1868

  • And as for uncaring Mexican owners. .well you should see Spunky's other brother wearing his tee shirt all winter, or the other "overdressed" ones in this part of town.

    Cats 2005

  • She was good-looking enough, in her thinnish, solemn way, but it seemed to me she was kind of overdressed and too grand.

    In the Arena Stories of Political Life Booth Tarkington 1907

  • Amidst bikini-clad women and overdressed old men, the two unassuming young Brits sit on a plain white couch, sharing a cigarette, barely shaded from the mid-afternoon sun.

    Theo Spielberg: Meet The Vaccines! Theo Spielberg 2011

  • Amidst bikini-clad women and overdressed old men, the two unassuming young Brits sit on a plain white couch, sharing a cigarette, barely shaded from the mid-afternoon sun.

    Theo Spielberg: Meet The Vaccines! Theo Spielberg 2011

  • She said that earlier we walked by a water fountain that was lined in golden horses, and being overdressed in front of golden horses in Prague was like being too prepared for the SAT.

    The Adults Alison Espach 2011

  • We were both overdressed for the park, but the formality was refreshing so late in the night.

    The Adults Alison Espach 2011

  • Amidst bikini-clad women and overdressed old men, the two unassuming young Brits sit on a plain white couch, sharing a cigarette, barely shaded from the mid-afternoon sun.

    Theo Spielberg: Meet The Vaccines! Theo Spielberg 2011

  • I thought Ester was overdressed too, but she said this was impossible.

    The Adults Alison Espach 2011

  • I was overdressed for the weather, and sweat streamed down my face as I walked around the block at 34th Street and Lexington Avenue, putting off the meeting with my role model.

    Steve Mariotti: Remembering Ayn Rand Steve Mariotti 2011

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