overannotate

English

Etymology

over- +‎ annotate

Verb

overannotate (third-person singular simple present overannotates, present participle overannotating, simple past and past participle overannotated)

1. To add too many annotations.
   • 1992, Jeffrey P. Mass, Antiquity and Anachronism in Japanese History, →ISBN, page 155:

     In most instances, a majority of the notes will be focused here, since one can never overannotate in the area of fundamental meaning.

   • 2008, Angela Szczepaniak, Unisex love poems, page 22:

     Care must be taken not to overannotate.

   • 2015, Kelly Gallagher, In the Best Interest of Students, →ISBN:

     I do tell them that if they overannotate they will kill the book, and that if they underannotate they will not get to levels of deeper reading.