overclear

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adjective

over·​clear ˌō-vər-ˈklir 

: excessively clear

Better to be overclear than to have futile conversations about "How was I to know?"

—John Townsend

Evidently the young man was not overclear in his own mind as to how it had all happened …

—William Gilbert van Tassel Sutphen

overclear

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verb

overcleared; overclearing

transitive verb

: to clear (something) to an excessive degree

… careless ranchers and farmers who overgrazed and overcleared their land …

—Miles Arceneaux

In the last few decades there has also been an increased public awareness that rain forests have been overcleared.

—Richard J. Hobbs

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1660, in the meaning defined above

Verb

1806, in the meaning defined above