Definition of Overanalyze

1. Verb. To analyze too much or in too much detail. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Overanalyze

1. [v -LYZED, -LYZING, -LYZES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Overanalyze

overambitious
overambitiously
overamped
overamplification
overamplified
overamplifies
overamplify
overamplifying
overanalyse
overanalysed
overanalyses
overanalysing
overanalysis
overanalytical
overanalytically
overanalyze (current term)
overanalyzed
overanalyzes
overanalyzing
overanesthetize
overanesthetized
overanesthetizing
overanxieties
overanxiety
overanxious
overanxious disorder
overanxiousness
overapplication
overapplications
overapplied

Literary usage of Overanalyze

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Educational Method by National education association of the United States Dept. of supervisors and directors of instruction (1922)
"Avoid the tendency to emphasize matters of technique, to overanalyze, and to rehash a piece. Ask no more questions than are necessary for complete thought ..."

2. Flashes from the Front by Charles Henry Grasty (1918)
"He replied, "They overanalyze." Their psychology, however, is all right where only they themselves are concerned. Nobody there goes by feel. ..."

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