over-engineer
verb[T]
(alsooverengineer)uk/ˌəʊ.vər.en.dʒɪˈnɪər/us/ˌoʊ.vɚ.en.dʒɪˈnɪr/tocreate,design, orbuildsomething to be morecomplicatedorperformmoreactionsthan isnecessaryorhelpful:
Herstrategyis to over-engineersystemsso that they willoperatewellevenifconditionsare morechallengingthanexpected.
Technicians often overengineer aproduct,introducingnumerousfeaturesthatcustomersdo not need.
- Companies mustresistthetemptationto overengineertheirnetworks.
- It's veryeasyto over-engineer abrand,pricingit out of themarket.
- Try toavoidthetendencyto over-engineer theprocess.
Inventing, designing and innovation
- absorptive capacity
- architect
- artificer
- bionics
- blueprint
- customized
- design
- designer
- devise
- dreamsomethingup
- lead time
- modularization
- nanotechnology
- non-imitative
- operational research
- technology
- themed
- think outside the boxidiom
- thinksomethingup
- trailblaze
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