Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To polish too much.
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- verb transitive To
polish too much.
Etymologies
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over- + polish
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Examples
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Instead, anxious students, and the adults who help them overpolish their applications, "leach all the personality out" of them, she says.
How Not to Get Into College: Submit a Robotic Application 2008
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When a good painting is spoilt by overpolish, to wash the polish off is not to restore it to its former appearance.
Lord Byron jugé par les témoins de sa vie. English Teresa Guiccioli 1836
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That is, build in just enough to satisfy the user, but don't overpolish
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