overwrite
verb (used with object)
to write in too elaborate, burdensome, diffuse, or prolix a style.
overwritten
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past participleof overwrite.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
Example Sentences
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For years, researchers have debated why the name of the Assyrian king originally associated with the monument was overwritten with the name of another "Tiglath-pileser."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026
After queuing, Southern said her mum was told by staff they could not find her booking and discovered her travel agents had "overwritten" it.
From BBC ● Mar. 8, 2026
“Mask & Bone” by Jamesie Fournier is a slightly overwritten but otherwise masterly unmasking of ordinary family life that reveals ancient secrets and generational trauma of the supernatural kind.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025
Before he abandons his original directive entirely, an effect of it being overwritten by other programming, he warns Rain that she won’t see him like a child anymore.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2024
The letter itself was virtually endless in length, overwritten, teaching, repetitious, opinionated, remonstrative, condescending, embarrassing—and filled, to a surfeit, with affection.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
