overwrite
verb (used with object)
to write in too elaborate, burdensome, diffuse, or prolix a style.
is overwriting
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present progressiveof overwrite (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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His major defect, he feels, is overwriting, a prose style that is "too juicy."
From Time Magazine Archive
