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overlearned

  • a word derived from learned.
    learned
    adjective
    having much knowledge; scholarly; erudite.
  • a word form of overlearn.
    overlearn
    verb (used with object)
    to learn or memorize beyond the point of proficiency or immediate recall.

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Good work, however, won’t be denied, even if Broadway producers have perhaps overlearned the lesson of last year’s sleeper, Cole Escola’s “Oh, Mary!”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 8, 2026

“And I personally believe I overlearned that lesson,” he added.

From New York Times Mar. 13, 2024

Even with their head stuffed with briefing books, quick quips hoping to be defining gaffes and legions of overlearned stump speeches at hand, uncertainty lurks.

From US News Sep. 23, 2016

Our problem patterns are overlearned and take on a life of their own as habits.

From Forbes Aug. 8, 2015

The U.S. may have overlearned the lesson, but it is an instruction that at least < tends in the right direction.

From Time Magazine Archive