overdetermined
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of overdetermined
First recorded in 1915–20; over- + determined
Example Sentences
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Still, “Saviors,” Green Day’s new album, is a decisive, even overdetermined return to form.
From New York Times • Jan. 22, 2024
But as the Framers could have warned you, a nation that was dreamed up chiefly by lawyers was almost overdetermined to be run into the ground by them one day.
From Slate • Oct. 27, 2023
In times as unnerving and overdetermined as these, pure chaos might be the only rational response.
From Washington Post • Mar. 3, 2023
I think it's very overdetermined that this crisis is more worthy of sustained attention from more people than these other completely legitimate but, in my view, smaller areas of risk.
From Salon • Dec. 31, 2022
It is overdetermined as indeed all symbols are.
From Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts by Jelliffe, Smith Ely
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