overcooked

English

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ʊkt

Etymology 1

Verb

overcooked

  1. simple past and past participle of overcook

Etymology 2

From over- +‎ cooked.

Adjective

overcooked (comparative more overcooked, superlative most overcooked)

  1. Made unpalatable or inedible by cooking for too long.
    This meat is overcooked, almost burnt.
    • 2020 June 9, Randall Munroe, “Can You Boil an Egg Too Long?”, in The New York Times‎[1]:
      If you boil it for hours, it becomes rubbery and overcooked.
  2. Done to excess.
    Synonym: tryhard
    His Elvis impersonation was embarrassingly overcooked.
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