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overreading

overreading

7.3
Reading more material than is needed, often for too long
  • noun
  • /ˌoʊvərˈriːdɪŋ/
translation icon : lectura excesiva
  • Many students experience overreading when they spend too much time on unnecessary details during their studies.

Examples

  • His habit of overreading before exams often left him feeling exhausted.

  • Parents worried that their daughter's overreading was affecting her social life.

  • Too much overreading can sometimes make it harder to remember important details.

  • Her constant overreading of the text led to confusion.

  • Many students suffer from overreading during exams.

  • His tendency to overreading often caused him to miss the main points of the lecture.

  • If you keep overreading the text, you might misinterpret the author's true intentions.

How Excessive

overreading
7.3
reading
292 1.0
skimming
1 2.9

Surface Forms

overreading singular
overreadings plural

Morphology

overreading = overread (transparent) = over + read + ing

Clear combination of 'over-' (excessively/too much) + 'read' with '-ing' indicating the action of reading excessively.

Etymology

Overreading combines over- 'too much' and reading 'to read'. So it means reading more material or for longer than is useful, like overeat when you eat too much.