overresearched

English

Etymology

over- +‎ researched

Adjective

overresearched (comparative more overresearched, superlative most overresearched)

  1. Excessively researched.
    • 2007 June 3, Robert Christgau, “Combat Rocker”, in New York Times‎:
      Writing music bios is hard — even generous advances have a way of disappearing before the job is done right, with overresearched childhoods and rushed endgames common, especially if the writer has no academic salary to fall back on.
    • 2011, Jane Onsongo, Promoting Gender Equity in Selected Public Universities of Kenya, page 105:
      One senior manager was concerned that gender issues are being overresearched and yet the research findings do not benefit the Kenyan people.
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