overelaborate
Example Sentences
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“You get the sense that Southgate has been part of the team when England have bowled into town, declared themselves favorites and crashed out playing these horribly imbalanced teams full of stars, and overelaborate systems they barely understand. He knows what traps to avoid”.
From Reuters
But he will follow a tactical plan, he will not overelaborate and he will devastate a full-back who gives him half a chance.
From The Guardian
Seattle’s overelaborate restaurant formulations are getting out of hand.
From Seattle Times
They ask puzzling questions and produce overelaborate answers, not so much like machines but like people doing their best to fail a Turing test.
From New York Times
I find most Strauss music overelaborate, but this score is just abundantly, delectably satisfying, laden with varied dance rhythms and succulent melodies.
From New York Times
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