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📸 To make too bright ⚠️ To give too much
to overexpose

to overexpose

1 6.1
Give someone or something too much light, attention, bad influence, causing damage
  • verb
  • /ˌoʊvərɪkˈspoʊz/
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  • Ultraviolet rays can harm your skin if it is overexposed, causing lifelong damage.
  • be careful not to overexpose

Examples

  • When an individual is overexposed to excessive sound levels, sensitive structures of the inner ear can be damaged.

    Academic text (2008)

  • Be careful not to overexpose; you may want to check the "blinkie" view.

    Academic text (2007)

  • Her eyes shone a radiant, unnerving blue, and her skin looked as if she'd been overexposed to the sun.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • His agent badly overexposed him by throwing him into too many commercials, which had a habit of running back-to-back during the most dire parts of every Packers game.

    Blog text (21)

  • Skin cancer can develop if you overexpose yourself to the sun for too long.

  • Hearing loss may occur if a person is overexposed to loud music at concerts regularly.

  • It's important to wear sunscreen to avoid being overexposed to harmful UV rays.

Synonyms

to overstimulate
vsto overexpose
  • Specialized
4 6.3

Give someone too much noise, light or activity so they become stressed

applies to being given too much of light, attention, or harmful influence
to overlight
vsto overexpose
7.9

To make a place or picture too bright

is used for too much of various things, not only light

Antonyms

to underexpose
7.7

To give a person or thing too little contact so they do not develop

How Exposed

to overexpose
1 6.1
to expose
479 3.2
to uncover
37 2.7

Surface Forms

overexpose infinitive
overexposed past
overexposed past participle
overexposing present participle
overexposes third person singular

Morphology

overexpose = expose (transparent) = over + expose

The meaning is a direct and productive combination of the prefix 'over-' (excessive) with the verb 'expose'.

Etymology

Overexpose comes from the parts over- meaning 'too much' and expose meaning 'to show' or 'to put in the open'. So, to overexpose someone is to give them 'too much' attention or influence, which can harm them or make people lose interest.