overcooked

3 definitions • 4 examples

past simple and past participle of

to cook food for longer than necessary, reducing its quality as a result:

Be careful not to overcook the pasta.

The chicken was overcooked and dry.

to do or use something too much:

Occasionally he overcooks the metaphors ("the wind howled like a gut-shot wolf").

People are fed up with overcooked TV tropes.