overdress

Example Sentences

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“It’s just flagrantly obnoxious to overdress in a workplace situation, especially when you’re a junior member,” said Gunn, best known for being a clear-eyed mentor on the fashion-design competition show “Project Runway.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026

Still, it’s hard to resist the temptation to overdress.

From Slate • Oct. 24, 2020

“She is very good-looking, of course, but she tends to overdress for the occasion.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2019

Like the also-new Millie’s in Spring Valley, the Salt Line is a fish house that doesn’t overdress for success.

From Washington Post • Aug. 28, 2017

The bridal dress, says Miss Davis, was of a pink satin, with an overdress of white lace; her slippers also were of white satin.

From John Greenleaf Whittier His Life, Genius, and Writings by Kennedy, W. Sloane