overdesign
verb
over·de·sign
ˌō-vər-di-ˈzīn 
overdesigned; overdesigning; overdesigns
: to design in a manner that is excessively complex or that exceeds usual standards (as of sturdiness or safety)
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The present system is overdesigned for those surges, with earthen levees and concrete structures containing as much as 3 feet of extra storage space, or freeboard, to account for subsidence and sea level rise over their 50-year design life.
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Mark Schleifstein, NOLA.com, 22 May 2018
To me that ring is a mix of something that is really strong, and old, and feminine, and not overdesigned, which is all that Ruth embodies.
—Thomas Beller, Town & Country, 26 June 2017
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Mark Schleifstein, NOLA.com, 22 May 2018
To me that ring is a mix of something that is really strong, and old, and feminine, and not overdesigned, which is all that Ruth embodies.
—Thomas Beller, Town & Country, 26 June 2017
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“Overdesign.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overdesign. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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