overedit

English

Etymology

From over- +‎ edit.

Verb

overedit (third-person singular simple present overedits, present participle overediting, simple past and past participle overedited)

1. To edit something too much.
   • 1988 June 17, Tom Boeker, “Killers”, in Chicago Reader‎, archived from the original on 5 March 2016:

     Killers seems as if it's been overedited, underwritten, and, as a last resort, jury-rigged.

   • 2005, Jay Brody, Brody's Guide to the College Admissions Essay‎, →ISBN, page 70:

     The quick cuts made the film almost overedited.

   • 2012, Robert Goldsborough, The Missing Chapter‎, →ISBN:

     He felt Billings overedited him and made capricious changes.

Anagrams

• tide over, tideover