overbaked

adjective

over·​baked ˌō-vər-ˈbākt 

1

: baked for too long or at too high a temperature

a dry, overbaked cookie

2

: elaborated or developed to the point of seeming artificial or contrived : overwrought

… beneath the slogging, overbaked narrative … is a nimbler, leaner story struggling to emerge.

—Arthur Krystal

… these slightly overbaked songs, in which elaborate production touches (strings, timpani-like drum flourishes) mask the band's three-chord limitations.

—Greg Kot

Examples of overbaked in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

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However, his road to a nom won’t be easy, with a total miscast of his co-star Tom Hanks, who’s thrown into a fat suit with a questionable accent, and an overbaked runtime. —Clayton Davis, Variety, 23 June 2022

So why does Tom Holland keep spending his Spider-Man breaks on overbaked, self-serious bummers? —Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 7 Dec. 2021

Word History

First Known Use

1752, in the meaning defined at sense 1