overplay

Definition

To overdo or overact one's effect or role.

Etymology

From over- + play.

Example Sentences

• "When Chris overacted his part again, the director warned that anyone overplaying would be barred from the next production."
• "Nevertheless, 3 Body Problem does well to pull us onward, as much through the relentless, but never overplayed, suffering and hardening of Ye Wenjie as she endures her effective imprisonment in the project grounds – and the stealing of her work by others – as by the present day mystery."
• "A lot of times I don't want to overplay songs that I really like, because I know that then I'll get sick of them and I don't want to get sick of them."