How To Use Overdone In A Sentence

Investors feeling uninspired is understandable - to a point - but it feels overdone. Times, Sunday Times
Samuelson's fears are similarly overdone because just as productivity in Duluth accrues to economic activity in Dallas, so will Chinese growth be ours, and ours theirs.
The loanwords written in your article were overdone.
Musical embellishment is rich and well-produced but maybe the soaring strings are a little overdone.
The background score, though overdone, heightens the tension and is perfect for the mood of the film.

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So you might reasonably suppose that ash is overdone in cheaper brands of pond food: and who has money to burn?
I do hope you won't have that same kind of a phthisicky ketch in your breath that you had the other night after you overdone. The Wizard's Daughter and Other Stories
They may have overdone their own reaction. Times, Sunday Times
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The best songs here are elegant and catchy without being overdone.
Leaving aside service so patchy it was almost threadbare, I don't like overdone halibut, while Michael wasn't impressed with his corn-fed chicken with pomme Berny and truffle froth.
Either you've overdone the collagen injections or you're mulling over whether cosmetic surgery is really worth the hassle. The Sun
She smiled back at him, appreciating his understanding and the overdone gayness. LET NOT THE DEEP
The movie gleefully flaunts the fact that it is gorgeously overdone.
Some analysts suggest the dollar rally may be overdone, raising prospects of a euro recovery in the months ahead.
The audio is solid, although the voice acting is overdone and melodramatic.
She is the thinking pop lover's solution to overplayed and overdone artists.
I think the modern style restaurant is overdone.
The language is poetic without becoming overdone.
But aren't all the fears actually a bit overdone? Times, Sunday Times
The loanwords written in your article were overdone.
If you ask me, though, the bearishness is overdone.
The tiger prawns were huge and not overdone and the potatoes and vegetables not overcooked.
There's real chemistry between these two young actors, and the barbs they toss back and forth at one another are just right, and never overdone.
She was a little overexcited and playful in the first few days, so she may have overdone it," said Cracknell. Anne the elephant says goodbye to the circus
The fish was fresh and not overdone, but there was obviously some concern in the kitchen that the black beans might overwhelm the bass.
(To avoid the overdone word beastlywhich however happens to be the right one here; bestial describes character or conduct) Style.
My Mardi Gras chicken fettucini was overdone.
Peace was the mission of idealistic youth movements of the 1960s and 1970s, and the cause of peace may even have been hurt by overdone sloganeering and posturing.
You can make the cutest couple in the world, but if you look frumpy or overdone or even excessively underdone, it won't be worth anything. Emily de La Bruyere: Prom: A User's Guide
There was a bracelet that went with it too but adding it would have made the outfit too overdone.
The fibres in the gel will thicken your brows without them looking overdone. Times, Sunday Times
You might also feel there is too much random squatting down, which can look irritatingly actorish if overdone. Times, Sunday Times
As you'll remember I panned Living Dead Girl because I thought it was sensational and overdone, and now I'm completely underwhelmed (into a near state of comatoseness) by Love You Hate You Miss You. Tripping Toward Lucidity: Estella's Revenge
It's a bit overdone at this stage. Times, Sunday Times
Unfortunately, some of these tracks suffer due to some rather overdone production.
Personally, I think this is overdone.
So much theatre is painfully stagey and overdone (people falling to their knees and declaiming ‘you've torn out my soul’ and all that sort of thing) that I find most of it laughable.
The crotch humor was overdone, the banging old ladies was overdone, and the catching stuff with his butt-cheeks that was weird beyond normal comprehension. Kevin's Review: You Don't Mess with the Zohan - Zohan's Crotch, That Is « FirstShowing.net
Having rather overdone things recently, I was told by my doctor (yes, even doctors have doctors) to take a holiday.
While this certainly suggests his emotional juvenility, it seems overdone. Times, Sunday Times
‘The toast was overdone, but the chicken had a piquant flavour,’ he said.
The scene is overlong, overdone, obvious, boring and even resorts to slapstick.
Can't cook them through before the thin part is overdone?
While the religious devotionalism of the past was often overdone and was open to excess, it gave people a range of prayer-forms to choose from and an ownership over a life of personal prayer.
Brooke-Rose was generally thought to have overdone the serious aspect of her tale to the detriment of its comic potential.
Yet the FTSE 100 group received a fillip last week when a raft of data proved that the bears had overdone it. Times, Sunday Times
With the whole movie being a flashback, to have a flashback within a flashback seems a little overdone.
Amazing, but it's so overdone here as to seem like parody. Times, Sunday Times
The decor is simple, stylish and contemporary, in neutral colours, and not overdone - I particularly liked the strange cylindrical cut-outs in the ceiling.
They may have overdone their own reaction. Times, Sunday Times
It's as hilariously overdone as everything else in Mortal Kombat, and adds lots of extra zest to the battles.
I understand that when an issue becomes hot it has to get overdone by politicians and other groups in this country.
I end up with underdone goopiness on top and overdone brownness on the bottom. Chopped vegetable, watermelon and feta salad | smitten kitchen
Clearly, some of the favorable reaction in long-dated Treasuries outside of the 30-year bond was overdone, a reaction to the government's elimination of its 30-year offering.
In fact, the panic is overdone. As the map shows, the drought has been confined to the south and east of Britain.
The style takes a while to get adjusted to since the novel starts on a very light note despite its grim underlying events, Portier being a very self-deprecating and wry narrator, while his two companions in the investigation, Chevalier Ilario and sorcerer Dante start as the overdone cliches of "fop" and "brilliant but moody outsider sorcerer". Today in Fantasy: February 8, 2010
‘Oh, Isis,’ I muttered, grabbing a wet cloth and starting to scrub my face of the overdone kohl and paint.
Right off the bat, 28-year-old Jazzmobile competition winner Brianna Thomas shatters three of my commandments: She scats to excess; she sings "Skylark" probably the most overdone song in recent memory; and she has the chutzpah to compose her own songs. Prodigies, Mentors and Legends
The tiger prawns were huge and not overdone and the potatoes and vegetables not overcooked.
Modernisation is by no means overdone, or rather, when it is overdone, it is brazenly clever.
The sliced potatoes on top overdone, tough, inedible. Times, Sunday Times
This always looked overdone, and as it happened the amount of appetite from retailers for space seems to have been largely unaffected. Times, Sunday Times
In conclusion she declared that the spaghetti had been beautifully cooked and not overdone as she usually does it.
But we have to admit that we've overdone it a bit. Times, Sunday Times
We feel that the inflation concerns there were overdone, and mostly due to one-time factors.
But the housebuilder sell-off does look a bit overdone. Times, Sunday Times
It's possible that the worries are overdone and that regulators are overfussy. Times, Sunday Times
Only in the final moment of mother and son parting are things slightly overdone. Times, Sunday Times
Every single shot was framed like an exquisite classical sculpture or painting , and what you guys have been calling "gimmicky" on this website can be overdone - yes. James Cameron Explains Why Hollywood is Screwing Up 3D « FirstShowing.net
My halibut was slightly overcooked and came with similarly overdone vegetables, making for an unmemorable experience.
It's a bit overdone at this stage. Times, Sunday Times
Nothing is overdone, nothing is superfluous.
Eventually, when the serio-comic tone of the film finally shifts completely over into the somber, the movie runs out of energy and limps along to its overdone, far too false start-stop conclusion.
Indeed, the chicken breast and the leg of lamb came out a bit overdone and dry, as perhaps your grandmother's did.
But study the companies making up the index and the scale of the sell-off looks overdone. Times, Sunday Times
She manages a brash, confident, and sassy manner that works well in the part, but is not overdone to the point of being unwelcome.
The mussels were plump and not overdone and the sauce with them very pleasant.
The shades of gray in their relationship make the blackness of her home life seem overdone.
But the housebuilder sell-off does look a bit overdone. Times, Sunday Times
Then he found he had overdone things and had to slim down. Times, Sunday Times
But study the companies making up the index and the scale of the sell-off looks overdone. Times, Sunday Times
I think the rhetoric of secularisation is very much overdone.
Loewe, from Spain, leads the path of luxurious elegance reserved for those women possessing natural, inborn style, who want to look refined and elegant, but not extravagant or overdone.
The result is entirely natural; nothing is out of place, nothing is overdone.
Either you've overdone the collagen injections or you're mulling over whether cosmetic surgery is really worth the hassle. The Sun
They are not, then, overdone, either in quality or quantity.
Although the mint and cumin combined well, the meatballs were perhaps a little overdone.
It was rather overdone, and I just stopped the quirk of my eyebrows that would cue him in to the mistake.
The colors are compatible with the Victorian style of the downtown area, but they don't look overdone.
But the warnings of disaster look overdone. Times, Sunday Times
This strong increase looks somewhat overdone, and we are likely to see some setback in Hungarian PMI in the coming months. FXstreet.com
Analysts believe that worries about the economy are overdone.
Parts of the film felt silly or overdone, taking away from the relationship that developed between the two boys.
I like dusting a shimmery highlighter over blusher: it looks glamorous but not overdone. Times, Sunday Times
The fibres in the gel will thicken your brows without them looking overdone. Times, Sunday Times
Then he found he had overdone things and had to slim down. Times, Sunday Times
Analysts believe that worries about the economy are overdone.
But aren't all the fears actually a bit overdone? Times, Sunday Times
Those close to Abramovich insist that the comparison is overdone.
My halibut was slightly overcooked and came with similarly overdone vegetables, making for an unmemorable experience.
Amazing, but it's so overdone here as to seem like parody. Times, Sunday Times
Nobody seems to deny that the expansion was overdone.
From the limp way they sat on his fork, though, the prawns looked overdone to me.
Too late, to his chagrin, not to mention embarrassment, he found that he had rather overdone it, and could not get near him.
Holmes is entertaining (although his obtuseness is a bit overdone, I'll admit), Dr Watson is very likable and the supporting cast worked well. MetaFilter
The sliced potatoes on top overdone, tough, inedible. Times, Sunday Times
The breast of grouse was slightly overdone and a bit dry, but had the intriguingly complex flavours of wild moorland feeding.
It is a paper you cannot make head nor tail of, and at the end come five or six long folded diagrams that open out and show peculiar zigzag tracings, flashes of lightning overdone, or sinuous inexplicable things called “smoothed curves” set up on ordinates and rooting in abscissae — and things like that. The Food of the Gods and how it came to Earth
The fish was overdone and very dry.
There's real chemistry between these two young actors, and the barbs they toss back and forth at one another are just right, and never overdone.
The report of what I said, if a bit overdone, had truth in it.
In fact, the panic is overdone. As the map shows, the drought has been confined to the south and east of Britain.
Not that there's anything wrong with that, but the overdone colors combined with the weird black borders makes them look like they're trying really hard to be posters you buy out of a bin at Bed, Bath & Beyond, rather than photos of things that exist in this world. post-processing she's pulling with these (her "vibrance" slider must be tired of hanging at Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz
It's too easy to make woodgrain trim look overdone and tacky, but this company has got it nailed - figuratively speaking.
The meat was overdone and the vegetables disappointing.
Jackets contained ruffles frothily overdone, models paraded down the runway in $3,835 shoes that contained meteorite stones, and some models wore tank tops that had pearls.
Because this treatment does not thicken the lashes - as mascara does - you can afford to go much darker without it looking overdone.
The duck and chicken I sampled were both flavored with balsamic vinegar, and both were overdone.
The roast beef was not overdone, the vegetables excellent and I enjoyed every mouthful.
He watched silently and impassively, chewing his overdone steak, and retrieving his cigarette from the ashtray between courses.
This unwind in confidence looks a touch overdone. Times, Sunday Times
Not only that, but the loaf was overdone too.
Sometimes both the languor and the silence are overdone.
If self-restraint at the feast isn't one of your virtues, a walk in the brisk air may help undo what you've overdone.
Those fears may or may not be overdone. Times, Sunday Times
After Urban Cowboy came out even here in Texas we endured several years of overdone, tinhorn headgear.
The derating may be overdone, if recent reports of bids by management teams at the three companies are anything to go by.
Only in the final moment of mother and son parting are things slightly overdone. Times, Sunday Times
Amazing, but it's so overdone here as to seem like parody. Times, Sunday Times
The comic scenes in the play were overdone.
I left them again resting, fearing I had overdone my arrangements for arriving just after nightfall and went on down that road which was more terrible than ever now to my bruised, weary feet, but even more lovely than ever in the dying light of the crimson sunset, with all its dark shadows among the trees begemmed with countless fire-flies — and so safe into Travels in West Africa
Yet there is reason to believe that the pessimism about the East German economy is overdone.
It was a delightful characterisation, underpinned by that wonderfully dark and sepulchral voice, used musically and never overdone.
This unwind in confidence looks a touch overdone. Times, Sunday Times
The echoes in the head can be unreliable extensions of the writer's image; they can embroider or tidy up what was unfinished or overdone. A ROOMFUL OF BIRDS - SCOTTISH SHORT STORIES 1990
It can be overdone, yes.
Yet the FTSE 100 group received a fillip last week when a raft of data proved that the bears had overdone it. Times, Sunday Times
McCulley, however, thinks such speculation is overdone.
But the warnings of disaster look overdone. Times, Sunday Times
This is why all us fanboys were worried that he wasn't sticking to the story, because in abandoning an original story, he embraced a tired, overdone one. Kevin's Review: Wanted - The Beauty of Blood and Bullets « FirstShowing.net
So you might reasonably suppose that ash is overdone in cheaper brands of pond food: and who has money to burn?
This always looked overdone, and as it happened the amount of appetite from retailers for space seems to have been largely unaffected. Times, Sunday Times
This always looked overdone, and as it happened the amount of appetite from retailers for space seems to have been largely unaffected. Times, Sunday Times
The whole album sounds great, in fact, the production is ringing with clarity, but not overdone or slick.
In fact, the monkfish was so overdone, I thought it was swordfish, and the tuna, prawn and salmon were a close second.
In fact, the panic is overdone. As the map shows, the drought has been confined to the south and east of Britain.
But we have to admit that we've overdone it a bit. Times, Sunday Times
Autumnal eyes are bold, obvious, slightly overdone, in deep, dark colors.
Cutting the strips the same length and width will ensure that they take the same amount of time to cook, preventing some strips from getting overdone and tough while others remain underdone.
Brooke-Rose was generally thought to have overdone the serious aspect of her tale to the detriment of its comic potential.
I've overdone the self-tanning lotion and gone a bit orange. Times, Sunday Times
Wilde described hisdrama as "byzantine", and it can beoverdone: Zawe Ashton's Salome is prone to fondling herself in the fashion of young ladies who would like to get to know you better after you have called their premium-rate phone line. Salome
So you might reasonably suppose that ash is overdone in cheaper brands of pond food: and who has money to burn?
This chart really puts it all into perspective and shows that all the hoopla over inflation returning is overdone.
The ornate and overdone surroundings gradually filtered into view under the warm lighting. LOOKING FOR ANDREW MCCARTHY
The beef was overdone.
But talk of a grand exodus looks overdone. Times, Sunday Times
This always looked overdone, and as it happened the amount of appetite from retailers for space seems to have been largely unaffected. Times, Sunday Times
The accompanying vegetables were a disappointment in that the herbed potatoes were underseasoned, and the carrots and asparagus undercooked, which is odd because asparagus is invariably overdone.
Too late, to his chagrin, not to mention embarrassment, he found that he had rather overdone it, and could not get near him.
The marinated chicken breast was dry and overdone, and the salmon, though clean tasting, had little flavor.
The beef is overdone.
Those fears may or may not be overdone. Times, Sunday Times
In fact, the panic is overdone. As the map shows, the drought has been confined to the south and east of Britain.
Although the mint and cumin combined well, the meatballs were perhaps a little overdone.
More realistic, but still overdone.
The church is a classic example of the flamboyant, or "flamelike," overdone final stage of Gothic. Chicagotribune.com - News
Modernisation is by no means overdone, or rather, when it is overdone, it is brazenly clever.
The audio is solid, although the voice acting is overdone and melodramatic.
It can be overdone, and it's nice to take a vacation from it now and then, either by sinking into your own private slough of despond or by finding a bar full of kindred dour spirits and share complaints or by visiting New York City or by just kicking a mime. Lance Mannion:
This was a generous portion and although one was overdone the rest were delicate, fresh and delicious with the brioche.
It must not be overdone, but it can make a suggestion of mood that the listener will have.
The consensus was that, although water was indeed a lovely thing to have in unlimited supply, we'd rather overdone it.
But talk of a grand exodus looks overdone. Times, Sunday Times
The sausages were tangy and unusual, slightly overdone at one end - which I like in a sausage - and tasty.
The tiger prawns were huge and not overdone and the potatoes and vegetables not overcooked.
They are well edited, with pedal markings that help the student realize the special effects pedaling needed for a jazz styling, and adequate but not overdone fingerings.
The walnuts were a nice touch as was the mascarpone, which made it nice and creamy, but the rice was slightly overdone.
The chicken looked a bit pink so I stuck it in the microwave and it came out really overdone.
And, to this day, I will skitch up my nose at anything too “overdone” in clothing. Princesses in the House « Lab Kat
These exercises should not be overdone.
"The toast was overdone, but the chicken had a piquant flavour, " he said.
The Stan Hywet manse is a huge, radically-overdone 1930s house that spans almost a quarter of a mile, laced with secret corridors and filled with top-of-the-line 1930s technology, but if you were to judge Stan Hywet by his gift shop, you'd think that he had the world's largest collection of Beanie Babies and gardening books. Oh, And...

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