overstudy
Americanverb (used with or without object)
noun
Etymology
Origin of overstudy
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Mrs. Gray had gone through this same conversation every year since any of the girls could remember, and never failed to caution the head girl not to overstudy.
From Grace Harlowe's Plebe Year at High School The Merry Doings of the Oakdale Freshmen Girls by Jessie Graham [pseud.] Flower
In general, it takes about a month or two of good, hard schooling and overstudy to put the child back on its feet after the Christmas rest at home.
From Love Conquers All by Gluyas Williams
Two months of rest, however, failed to produce any improvement, but the family physician would not admit that there was immediate danger, and declared the trouble simply the result of overstudy, advising travel.
From Cattle Brands A Collection of Western Camp-fire Stories by Andy Adams
"I don't think I shall overstudy to-night," announced Miriam, a little later, as she rose from the table.
From Grace Harlowe's Second Year at Overton College by Jessie Graham [pseud.] Flower
As a remedy for dizziness caused by overstudy, mixing mortar has no equal.
From The Mystery of The Barranca by Herman Whitaker
Could you give an example of a “flashy” species that’s potentially been overstudied or a “drab” bird that your research suggests is understudied because of this bias?
From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2025
“Boredom isn’t an overstudied area like, you know, stress. Before I studied boredom, I studied anger, and that’s been studied so much that it became a bit boring.”
From Washington Post ● Mar. 27, 2020
Two decades ago, few areas of art history seemed as exhausted, if not overstudied as late-19th-century French painting.
From New York Times ● Dec. 13, 2018
They also disagree that the Hadza are overstudied, arguing that many teams are there only for a month or so and don't overlap much.
From Science Magazine ● May 17, 2018
His dress, his mannerisms, his bearing, were all those of the man who has overstudied his part.
From The Call of the Cumberlands by Charles Neville Buck
I rubbed my eyes, and came to the conclusion that I'd been overstudying, and must be suffering from a delusion.
From The New Girl at St. Chad's A Story of School Life by Angela Brazil
The point is, it’s such a splendid antidote for overstudying.
From Betty Wales Freshman by Edith K. Dunton
Looks as if he had been—shall we say put up to overstudying his part.
From Scarhaven Keep by J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher
She is always worrying herself to death for fear I'm overstudying.
From Nancy of Paradise Cottage by Shirley Watkins
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