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
Other Word Forms
- overfamiliarity noun
Example Sentences
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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
Three of opera’s most memorable scores, each distinctive, none overfamiliar, all performed with care and passion.
From New York Times
Other bits center around flaky co-workers, callous HR reps and overfamiliar recruiters.
From Los Angeles Times
Because that conflict remains unresolved in the story, Jones often declines to resolve it in movement; numbers build from tension to frenzy without the overfamiliar Broadway-style climax.
From New York Times
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
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