Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overengineered

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ov-erengi-neered
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of overengineer

adj

Made more complicated than necessary, often intentionally; as, especially

adj

Made more complicated than necessary, often intentionally; as, especially:

Example Sentences

"They were ruled out as over-engineered and too expensive for mass production, and lost out to Class 141 and '142' railbuses, and then Class 150s."

Inflected Forms

more overengineered (comparative) most overengineered (superlative)

Phrases

built like a brick shithouse Rube Goldberg Heath Robinson

Frequently Paired Words

built like a brick shithouse overbuilt Rube Goldberg Heath Robinson

Questions

What does overengineered mean?: simple past and past participle of overengineer

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