over-explain
verb[IorT]
(alsooverexplain)uk/ˌəʊ.vər.ɪkˈspleɪn/us/ˌoʊ.vɚ.ɪkˈspleɪn/toexplainsomething more than isnecessaryorhelpful:
Manywritersandartiststendnot towantto overexplaintheirworks.
If youwantthem tobelieveyou, it isimportantnot toappeartoodefensiveor to overexplain.
- Everyone was soconfusedthat Iactuallyhad to over-explain it.
- He can beextremelydull, and he does have atendencyto overexplain.
- Go back throughyouressayanddeleteallunnecessarywords orphrasesthat over-explain.
Defining & explaining
- account (tosomeone) forsomething
- accountability
- adumbration
- annotation
- annotator
- crystallize
- demystify
- explicable
- explicate
- expound
- lay
- misdescribe
- miswrite
- nail
- nailsomeonedown
- non-defining
- non-descriptive
- outline
- rough
- trace