overfamiliar
Britishadjective
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excessively friendly, informal, or intimate
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too well-known or easily recognized
an overfamiliar action movie
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In his evidence to the panel, the PE teacher acknowledged that his messages at times were "too friendly and overfamiliar but said he thought it was due to spending 16/17 hours a day with someone".
From BBC ● May 16, 2026
Directed by Kelly Kitchens, “Snowed In” sidesteps the overwrought and overfamiliar qualities of so many holiday shows without tipping into full-on counterprogramming mode.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 5, 2023
Other bits center around flaky co-workers, callous HR reps and overfamiliar recruiters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2022
And while you might not deem C.P.E. obscure, exactly — what with being the most famous of Johann Sebastian Bach’s sons — these works are hardly overfamiliar.
From New York Times ● Jan. 13, 2022
To multitudes of people this expression 'the Soul' has become overfamiliar by constant repetition, and conveys little more than the suggestion of a myth, or the hint of an Imaginary Existence.
From The Life Everlasting; a reality of romance by Marie Corelli
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