overdrying

Removing too much moisture

Overdrying is drying something too much or too long.

Clothes that are overdried become stiff, shrunken, or damaged.

Hair suffers from overdrying when heat styling strips its moisture.

In industrial contexts, overdrying wastes energy and can compromise product quality: The beans were ruined by overdrying.

damage

cracking

Breaking without separating completely

splittingDividing into parts
brittlenessProne to snapping
shrinkageDecrease in size

warping · fading · fraying · thinning · weakening · chapping · flaking · peeling · distortion · discoloration

texture

brittle

Liable to shatter

crumblyProne to fragmenting
crispyBrittle and snapping
crunchyBreaking with sound

rigid · fragile · stiff · rough · coarse · powdery · friable · parched · leathery · papery

dehydration

parched

Extremely dry or thirsty

desiccatedThoroughly dehydrated
aridDevoid of water
wiltedLimp from dehydration

shriveled · withered · evaporation · scorched · sere · depleted · thirsty · sapless · waterless · dehydrated

preservation

jerky

Cured meat snack

biltongCured dried meat snack
pemmicanConcentrated portable meat provisions
prosciuttoUncooked cured Italian ham

raisins · prunes · curing · smoking · shelf-stable · desiccation · dehydrator · stockfish

Categories

laundry problemsstains, fading, wrinkles, lint, holes

Opposites

moisture level result

overdryingoverwetting

Making too damp

soaking · saturating · waterlogging · hydrating · drenching

Family

dry, dried, dryness, drying, dryer, dryly, dryable, overdry, undried

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