overrestore

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

over- +‎ restore

Verb[edit]

overrestore (third-person singular simple present overrestores, present participle overrestoring, simple past and past participle overrestored)

  1. (transitive) To impair (an old artwork, building, etc.) by restoring it too enthusiastically.
    • 2008 June 14, David W. Dunlap, “A Father’s Tribute to Three Dead Daughters Is Restored”, in New York Times[1]:
      “We didn’t want to overrestore it,” Mr. Allen said.

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