overdone

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˌoʊvɚˈdʌn/ UK /ˌəʊvəˈdʌn/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
done to excess; cooked too long

The steak was overdone, gray and tough all the way through.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · done to excess; cooked too... excessiveovercookedexaggerated overwroughtoverblownburnt

Opposites

underdone rare understated

Word family

Related forms overdo do

Etymology

Past participle of overdo, from Old English oferdōn ('to do to excess'). Applied to food cooked too long and, figuratively, to anything carried to excess.

ofer Old English dōn Old English

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Describing Qualities

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# overdone

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˌoʊvɚˈdʌn/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌəʊvəˈdʌn/

## Meanings
1. done to excess; cooked too long

## Examples
- The steak was overdone, gray and tough all the way through.

## Synonyms
- excessive
- overcooked
- exaggerated
- overwrought
- overblown
- burnt

## Antonyms
- underdone
- rare
- understated

## Related Forms
- overdo
- do

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: ofer
- Root: dōn

## Etymology
Past participle of overdo, from Old English oferdōn ('to do to excess'). Applied to food cooked too long and, figuratively, to anything carried to excess.

## AI Etymology
Overdone is the past participle of overdo, from Old English oferdōn ('to do to excess'). Applied to food cooked too long and, figuratively, to anything carried to excess. Important recorded forms include ofer (Old English) and dōn (Old English). The modern sense follows that older lexical line closely. In current use it covers done to excess; cooked too long. The wider family includes related words such as overdo and do.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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