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overresearched

overresearched

English

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.