overly researchy
- adjective
- /ˈoʊvərli ˈrɪsɜrʧi/
- Informal
:
demasiado académico
- The article was overly researchy and difficult for the general public to understand.
Examples
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Some feedback described the proposal as overly researchy, suggesting it needed a more conversational tone.
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I found the report to be overly researchy and hard to follow.
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Her lectures are sometimes criticized for being overly researchy rather than engaging and approachable.
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The article was too overly researchy for my taste.
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Her lectures are sometimes criticized for being overly researchy, making them hard for casual students to follow.
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The presentation was deemed overly researchy, limiting its appeal to a broader audience.
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Many readers found the book overly researchy, as it focused too much on academic jargon instead of storytelling.
Synonyms
63
6.9
More about theory or small details than practical use
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8.1
Paying too much attention to small rules or details, often annoying others
Having a formal, technical style like a university paper
A way of writing like school books that gives few real examples
Too focused on small rules and complex words that confuse people
Having too many details that make it hard to follow
Antonyms
How Academic
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is transparently compositional: 'overly' means 'to an excessive degree' and 'researchy' (research + -y) means 'having a scholarly/technical tone', so together they straightforwardly mean 'excessively scholarly or formal'. This degree-adverb + adjective pattern and the productive -y derivation are common cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would readily infer the intended sense.
Etymology
Overly researchy paints a picture of a talk or article packed with facts, footnotes and charts, overly full of researchy detail so it feels like reading a research paper instead of a friendly piece. That's why it means 'too formal' and 'hard for casual readers'.