over-edit
verb[IorT]
(alsooveredit)uk/ˌəʊ.vərˈed.ɪt/us/ˌoʊ.vɚˈed.ɪt/to make too manychangesto atext,film, etc. whendecidingwhat will beremovedand what will bekeptin, inordertoprepareit for beingprintedorshown:
Don't over-edit thevideo- justremovetherealmistakes.
Editors should not overedit.
- It is said that Americaneditorstendto over-edit and Britisheditorstendto under-edit.
- We wereaskedto takegreatcarenot to overedit.
- She has made anenormouseffortnot to over-edit theperformance.
Editing & compiling
- abridged
- anthologist
- blue pencil
- bowdlerization
- bowdlerize
- bowdlerized
- co-edit
- compile
- dub
- emend
- excerpt
- fact-checking
- lexicographer
- non-editorial
- post-editing
- proofreading
- recension
- revised
- undubbed
- unfiltered