Definition of overrefine - Reverso English Dictionary

Verb

tr.

excessive refinement

Rare

refine something more than necessary

Rare

He tends to overrefine his arguments, losing clarity.

subtlety

Rare

make overly subtle distinctions

Rare

The critic overrefined the differences between the two styles.

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Origin of overrefine

Latin, over (excessively) + refīnīre (to refine)

Examples of overrefine in a sentence

She overrefined her speech, making it hard to follow.
She tends to overrefine her arguments, losing clarity.
He overrefined the recipe, making it too complex.

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French:sur-affiner, suraffiner, ...
German:überverfeinern, überfeinern, ...
Italian:raffinare eccessivamente, sottilizzare, ...
Spanish:sobre-refinar, hacer distinciones excesivamente sutiles, ...
Portuguese:refinar excessivamente, complicar, ...
Chinese:过度精炼, 过于细致地分析, ...
Japanese:過度に洗練する, 過度に微妙に区別する, ...
Arabic:أَفرَطَ في تَنقِيح, دَقَّقَ أكثر من اللازم, ...
Hebrew:לְזַקֵּק יֶתֶר עַל הַמִּדָּה, לְחַדֵּד יָתֵר עַל הַמִּדָּה, ...
Russian:чрезмерно утончать, перегружать деталями, ...
Ukrainian:надмірно удосконалювати, надмірно уточнити, ...
Hindi:अत्यधिक परिष्कृत करना, अत्यधिक सूक्ष्मता से परखना, ...
Bengali:অতিরিক্ত পরিশোধন করা, অতিরিক্ত বিশ্লেষণ করা, ...
Catalan:refinar en excés, exagerar, ...
Czech:příliš vytříbit, překombinovávat, ...
Danish:overforfine, overanalysere, ...
Dutch:overanalyseren, overdrijven, ...
Greek:υπερτελειοποιώ, υπερδιευκρινίζω, ...
Hungarian:túlfinomítani, árnyalni, ...
Khmer:កែលម្អហួសកម្រិត, បែងចែកលម្អិតហួសហេតុ, ...
Korean:지나치게 정제하다, 지나치게 미세하게 구분하다, ...
Persian:تصفیه کرد, بیش از حد ظریف کرد, ...
Polish:przeintelektualizowywać, przesadnie rozróżniać, ...
Portuguese (BR):refinar excessivamente, exagerar, ...
Romanian:a supra-rafiniza, a exagera, ...
Swedish:överförfina, förfina, ...
Thai:ปรับปรุงมากเกินไป, ทำให้ละเอียดอ่อนเกินไป, ...
Turkish:aşırı rafine etmek, aşırı incelemek, ...
Vietnamese:tinh chỉnh quá mức, phân biệt quá mức, ...

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