overwrite
verb (used with object)
to write in too elaborate, burdensome, diffuse, or prolix a style.
overwrote
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past tense formof overwrite.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
Example Sentences
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He waxed poetic when it didn’t help his prose and overwrote shamelessly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026
Anonymous: So powerful, thank you, that one selfless gesture overwrote an entire relationship.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 16, 2022
A 2012 attack that American officials attributed to Iran overwrote the hard drives of the Saudi state oil company Aramco with the image of a burning American flag.
From New York Times ● Jan. 8, 2020
Therefore, in certain circumstances, it accidentally overwrote some adjacent memory it wasn’t supposed to be using.
From Slate ● Feb. 27, 2017
"Will I blow all of this money baby/ Hammertime?" he wonders, much like Kanye West used to, before West's ego overwrote his more appealing insecurities.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 9, 2011
