overprocess
Refine too much
To overprocess is to subject something to excessive treatment, handling, or refinement.
Hair that is overprocessed has been damaged by too much chemical treatment—dyeing, bleaching, perming.
Food may be overprocessed through industrial manufacturing that strips nutrients.
The term applies anywhere processing goes beyond what's beneficial: The image was overprocessed and looked artificial.
Grow worse over time
- degradeLower in standing
- denatureAlter fundamental structure
- devitalizeTo drain of vitality
- depleteGreatly reduce supply
wear · breakdown · spoilage · oxidation · damage · impairment · weakening · diminishment
Toil to exhaustion
- overtaxBurden beyond capacity
- overloadBurden beyond capacity
- overburdenLoad beyond capacity
- exhaustUse up entirely
fatigue · burnout · stress · overstrain · overwhelm · overextend · overuse · overwear
Produced artificially, not natural
- unnaturalContrary to normal order
- manufacturedMade by machinery
- overengineeredDesigned beyond necessary requirements
- contrivedDeliberately manufactured, unnatural
forced · overwrought · artificial · overproduced · overworked · overhandled · plastic · fabricated
Make harder than necessary
- overelaborateExcessively detailed or complex
- overdesignExcessive elaboration beyond requirements
- overengineeringExcessive unnecessary complexity
- convolutionTwisting or mathematical integration
bureaucracy · overkill · entanglement · complexity · intricacy · muddle · tangle · cumbersomeness
deteriorate
Grow worse over time
- degradeLower in standing
- denatureAlter fundamental structure
- devitalizeTo drain of vitality
deplete · wear · breakdown · spoilage · oxidation · damage · impairment · weakening · diminishment · overcook
overwork
Toil to exhaustion
- overtaxBurden beyond capacity
- overloadBurden beyond capacity
- overburdenLoad beyond capacity
exhaust · fatigue · burnout · stress · overstrain · overwhelm · overextend · overuse · overwear · grind
synthetic
Produced artificially, not natural
- unnaturalContrary to normal order
- manufacturedMade by machinery
- overengineeredDesigned beyond necessary requirements
contrived · forced · overwrought · artificial · overproduced · overworked · overhandled · plastic · fabricated · ersatz
overcomplicate
Make harder than necessary
- overelaborateExcessively detailed or complex
- overdesignExcessive elaboration beyond requirements
- overengineeringExcessive unnecessary complexity
convolution · bureaucracy · overkill · entanglement · complexity · intricacy · muddle · tangle · cumbersomeness · labyrinthine
overprocessundertreat
Treat with insufficient intervention
undercook · underwork · underdo · leave alone · underdevelop