overwrought
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Yet some readers online had criticized the book’s prose as overwrought, noting that parts sounded like AI, before the allegations erupted.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Yet much, if not all, of this is needlessly overwrought.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
It's all a bit overwrought for my taste.
From BBC ● May 8, 2026
Its empirics are weak External link, its theory underspecified External link, and its narrative overwrought.
From Barron's ● Mar. 2, 2026
My repeated refrain that DNA could fall at any moment sounded too suspiciously like Francis in one of his overwrought periods.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
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