Usually means: Excessively done beyond necessary limits.
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We found 23 dictionaries that define the word overdone:

General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. overdone: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. overdone: Merriam-Webster
  3. overdone: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. overdone: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. overdone: Collins English Dictionary
  6. overdone: Vocabulary.com
  7. Overdone, overdone: Wordnik
  8. overdone: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. overdone: Wiktionary
  10. overdone: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Overdone, overdone: Dictionary.com
  12. overdone: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  13. Overdone: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Overdone: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. overdone: Rhymezone
  16. Overdone: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. overdone: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. overdone: FreeDictionary.org
  19. overdone: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. overdone: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. overdone: Legal dictionary

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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ adjective:  Cooked too much.
▸ adjective:  Exaggerated; overwrought.
▸ adjective:  Repeated too often; hackneyed.

Similar:
exaggerated, overstated, immoderate, cooked, overcooked, overspiced, overbattered, over-egged, overmarinated, overfired, more...

Opposite:
underdone, rare, medium rare

Types:
burnt, blackened, charred, char, crust, charred crust, charred to a crisp, burned to a crisp, more...

Phrases:
overdone it, mistress overdone, overdone things, overdone and cheesy, overdone political control, more...

Adjectives:
little, much, subtonic, wrong, litde, easiest, maternal, fond

Colors:
    burnt sienna,     charred brown,     soot, more...



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Similar:
exaggerated, overstated, immoderate, cooked, overcooked, overspiced, overbattered, over-egged, overmarinated, overfired, more...

Opposite:
underdone, rare, medium rare

Types:
burnt, blackened, charred, char, crust, charred crust, charred to a crisp, burned to a crisp, more...

Phrases:
overdone it, mistress overdone, overdone things, overdone and cheesy, overdone political control, overdone and played out, not overdone, overdone nothing new banal, more...

Adjectives:
little, much, subtonic, wrong, litde, easiest, maternal, fond

Colors:
    burnt sienna,     charred brown,     soot, more...



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