Thesaurus results for OVEREXPOSE

overexpose

verb

ˌō-vər-ik-ˈspōz

as in to overuse

to use so much as to make less appealing seeking to capitalize on its only breakout hit, the network fatally overexposed the game show by scheduling it every night of the week

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Recent Examples on the Web Exposure times must be very short to avoid the bright sky saturating (overexposing) the detector, and then thousands of images must be taken to build up enough signal from the target star to be seen. —

Phil Plait, Scientific American, 26 July 2024 As a millennial, I was overexposed to neon tinted green at the height of the Y2K era. —

Sydney Gore, Architectural Digest, 19 July 2024 The sequences depicting the villainous Harkonnens – mostly monochromatic and overexposed to create an off-putting yet hypnotic ambiance – simply look like nothing else, and succeed in imparting a foreboding and terrifically extraterrestrial feel. —

Dan Heching, CNN, 27 June 2024 Greece’s creditors, particularly French and German banks, were overexposed. —

Ngaire Woods, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2015 See all Example Sentences for overexpose

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