overcook
/ˌoʊvərˈkʊk/
verb
- To cook food for too long, making it less pleasant to eat.
- If you overcook the pasta, it will become mushy.
- Be careful not to overcook the vegetables; they should still be a little crunchy.
- She accidentally overcooked the steak, and it turned out tough and dry.
- To do something too much or too intensely, often ruining the result (figurative).
- The director overcooked the special effects, making the movie look unrealistic.
- The writer overcooked the description, adding too many details that bored the reader.
- He overcooked his apology by explaining too much, and it sounded insincere.
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