🥩 Cooked too long 🎭 Too exaggerated

overdone

1 2.9

Cooked too long so it is dry and tough

adjective
/ˌoʊvərˈdoʊn/

: sobrecocido

Firm Pickles, pickly smelling, not too overdone, not not done enough.

Examples

It's such the perfect, fresh, accurate, not overdone rosy scent.
A really good, a really good overdone Camembert.
Firm Pickles, pickly smelling, not too overdone, not not done enough.
The chicken was so overdone that it became tough and hard to chew.
She realized that the steak was overdone when it turned from juicy to dry on her plate.
After leaving the vegetables on the stove for too long, they became overdone and mushy.

Synonyms

burny

vsoverdone

9.4

Having a strong taste or smell like food cooked too long

is milder cooked too long but still edible

burned

vsoverdone

1.0

Food that is overcooked and often tastes bitter

is less severe only cooked too long but still edible

Antonyms

underdone

2 3.8

Food that is not cooked enough and is still raw inside

How Cooked

burned

1.0

overdone

1 2.9

well-done

12 1.6

medium

68 3.0

rare

54 3.3

underdone

2 3.8

Surface Forms

overdone positive

overdoser comparative

overdones superlative

Morphology

overdone = overdo (transparent) = over + do

The verb 'overdo' is a clear productive combination of the prefix 'over-' (excess) and the verb 'do', so the base meaning 'do too much' is directly available.

Etymology

Overdone breaks into over- 'too much' and done 'finished' or 'cooked', so imagine a steak that has been 'done' for too long and becomes dry and tough. That's why overdone is used for food that is cooked too long and less pleasant to eat.