overrehearsed

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

over- +‎ rehearsed

Adjective[edit]

overrehearsed (comparative more overrehearsed, superlative most overrehearsed)

  1. Rehearsed too many times; made formulaic by repetition.
    • 2007 October 28, Gregory Cowles, “Grievous Angel”, in New York Times[1]:
      In a long digression, he hilariously but needlessly indulges his hatred of the Eagles: soulless, overrehearsed, antiseptic, schematic, insincere, sentimental ... the most consistently contemptible stadium band in rock.