overdamp

English

Etymology

From over- +‎ damp.

Verb

overdamp (third-person singular simple present overdamps, present participle overdamping, simple past and past participle overdamped)

1. To damp a system more than would be necessary to prevent oscillation

Adjective

overdamp (comparative more overdamp, superlative most overdamp)

1. overly damp.
   • 2013, Sarah Bernhardt, My Double Life: The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt, →ISBN:

     One day, as her husband was ill, she went into the field to help gather in potatoes; the overdamp soil was rotting them, and there was no time to be lost.