How To Use Overdressed In A Sentence
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I probably overdressed for a Saturday (polo shirt, jumper, tweed jacket and slacks) but had never seen my supervisor in anything but a suit.
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Unmarried, very short, plump early in life, fat later, overdressed, vain, and watchful, Gibbon was easy to make fun of, and though he belonged to Johnson's Club, he was not a clubbable man.
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I thought Ester was overdressed too, but she said this was impossible.
The Adults
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And remember; when in doubt, it's usually better to be overdressed than underdressed.
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I felt terribly overdressed and ashamed of my tidy cardigan and River Island jeans which have no holes.
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She said that earlier we walked by a water fountain that was lined in golden horses, and being overdressed in front of golden horses in Prague was like being too prepared for the SAT.
The Adults
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We talk to another general, this one surprisingly overdressed, who briefs us off the record.
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The girls were fashionably attired but not overdressed, with attractive figures and lovely faces.
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I'm stuck on a communications board like some overdressed corem technician, while you're actually working in the field you always wanted to!
Recovery
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Business class is 15 snappy irked souls, hissing at stroppily overdressed toddlers and kicking too much matched suede luggage with a pursed fury.
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Today, he said, it probably means a lounge suit but, he warned, always be overdressed rather than underdressed.
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I see him most often in the company of boys between 18-25, and frankly, he's usually a bit overdressed for my taste.
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When Cary shows up to a high-spirited clambake with Ron and his pals, she's uncomfortable and overdressed in a tight gray ensemble.
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She is almost always overdressed, and in ways that make people blink.
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Everyone else was wearing jeans so I felt a bit overdressed in my best suit.
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She felt overdressed in her smart suit.
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If you are overdressed, underdressed, have on too much make-up or not enough, it can ruin your whole evening.
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The women are rouged, calcimined, dyed, overdressed to the nth degree.
Scene V. The Hairy Ape
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She felt overdressed in her smart suit.
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Originally a ‘buck’ was a dandy, a pretentious, overdressed show-off of a man.
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I feel rather overdressed in this suit everyone else is wearing jeans!
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We never saw landlords and used to imagine they were oversized and overdressed and living the high life on the rents they received from their tenants.
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When Cary shows up to a high-spirited clambake with Ron and his pals, she's uncomfortable and overdressed in a tight gray ensemble.
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Even though he wore a tux, he didn't look overdressed.
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Yet, as I walk past the pool and into the restaurant for breakfast, I feel overdressed and decidedly pale.
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‘And you are far overdressed,’ she answered calmly.
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Kirsty felt out of place at Simon's office today, pale and overdressed, but at dinner, after gulping down a drink, she relaxes.
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Many appear overdressed within the workplace because of the importance of ‘proper’ attire.
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I feel rather overdressed in this suit everyone else is wearing jeans!
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It is very unlikely that any one else will be in white or anything at all dressy, and you will look overdressed, which is in very bad taste; besides, though the weather seems warm enough for such thin material here on shore, it will be a great deal cooler on the water; and should the waves or spray come dashing over us, you would find your dress clinging to you like a wet rag -- neither beauty nor comfort in it.
Elsie at Nantucket
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Though this tale of reincarnation and a love that crossed generations starred the peerless Barbara Harris, as a psychically gifted young woman with a past life just waiting to leap out of her, it was generally agreed that the 1965 production was overdressed, overplotted and more or less out of its mind.
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I hadn't wanted to look like a total slob for this, so I'd worn a black skirt and a sleeveless silk blouse, hoping I wasn't too overdressed.
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Standing there in front of the mirror in my dress and heels, with my hair and make-up done, I felt way overdressed for anything.
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We were both overdressed for the park, but the formality was refreshing so late in the night.
The Adults
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There was a woman standing a couple of yards from the front gate: large, pale, and overdressed.
EVERVILLE
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And as for uncaring Mexican owners. .well you should see Spunky's other brother wearing his tee shirt all winter, or the other "overdressed" ones in this part of town.
Cats
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She was treated with particular savagery by cartoonists, who represented her as ugly, overdressed, over-fecund and avid for diamonds and pearls.
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She regarded the overdressed girl with aversion, answered her mincingly-spoken "How do you do, Marjory?" very curtly, and continued to "glower," as Mrs. Smylie described it, without saying another word.
Hunter's Marjory A Story for Girls
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When she wants to let her hair down it doesn't feel right somehow, as if she's going partying for the first time after years of humdrum married life and turns up feeling awkward and overdressed.
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She was good-looking enough, in her thinnish, solemn way, but it seemed to me she was kind of overdressed and too grand.
In the Arena Stories of Political Life
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Plus, keep in mind that, as a general rule, you are always better off being slightly overdressed rather than underdressed, whatever the occasion.
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While clearly overdressed in a suit, Clark was quick to point out that he wasn't wearing a tie.
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It seemed preposterously overdressed and overeager for the byways of my small hometown.
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Corbi had moved off with the overdressed Count and his friends and they soon disappeared from view beyond the trees.
PROSECUTOR
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In the work environment, it's generally better to be slightly overdressed than underdressed.
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Musetta, looking like an overdressed silent-movie vamp, drives up with her ancient admirer in a sputtering antique automobile.
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The flower of successful womanhood -- those who have bargained shrewdly -- are to be found overfed, overdressed, sensualized, in great hotels, on mammoth steamers and luxurious trains, rushing hither and thither on idle errands.
Together
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Standing there in front of the mirror in my dress and heels, with my hair and make-up done, I felt way overdressed for anything.
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Generally, either they show up overdressed, wearing a conservative suit and tie in earth tones, or if they choose to pay attention to my request, they wear an expensive polo shirt and nicely pressed khakis.
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We believe in always being underdressed or overdressed.
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She has a great voice but the promise of her writing is finally lost in an overdressed, overdramatic plot.
Times, Sunday Times
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I was overdressed for the weather, and sweat streamed down my face as I walked around the block at 34th Street and Lexington Avenue, putting off the meeting with my role model.
Steve Mariotti: Remembering Ayn Rand
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Rachael gave them a slight smile and had the feeling she overdressed.
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Amidst bikini-clad women and overdressed old men, the two unassuming young Brits sit on a plain white couch, sharing a cigarette, barely shaded from the mid-afternoon sun.
Theo Spielberg: Meet The Vaccines!
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Privately I thought she looked like an average porcelain doll - completely overdressed.
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The salads - arugula and fennel, field greens with buffalo mozzarella - were brisk, colorful and not overdressed.
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It was decorated with an overdressed pale-blue rabbit in non-toxic paint.
