overediting

/ˌoʊvərˈɛdɪtɪŋ/
noun
  1. The act of editing too much, which can harm the quality or naturalness of something.
    • The writer's overediting removed all the emotion from the story.
    • Overediting can make a photograph look fake.
    • In video production, overediting often leads to choppy scenes.
verb
  1. Present participle of overedit: editing something too much.
    • Stop overediting the document; it was fine before.
    • She is overediting her resume and making it confusing.
    • He was overediting the audio track and distorting the sound.
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