Definitions
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- verb To make something more
complicated thannecessary ; often implies that thecomplexity was addedintentionally .
Etymologies
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Examples
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I don't agree with him on everything he's done for the economy – what needs to be done is to stop trying to overengineer it and stop relying on Keynesian economics.
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Not sure how much I want to overengineer it though.
Planet GNOME 2009
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About the only things I think I would do is double up the cardboard (nothing's worth engineering if you can't overengineer it:)) and add a panel to the left (or right, depending on handedness) to serve as a typing stand critter42 bfreeman
Build A Sturdy Cardboard Laptop Stand | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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About the only things I think I would do is double up the cardboard(nothing's worth engineering if you can't overengineer it :) ) and add a panel to the left (or right, depending on handedness) to serve as a typing stand critter42
Build A Sturdy Cardboard Laptop Stand | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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