overanalyze

verb

over·an·a·lyze ˌō-vər-ˈa-nə-ˌlīz

overanalyzed; overanalyzing

transitive + intransitive

: to analyze (someone or something) excessively

… highlighting how being able to remember (and then overanalyze) past social situations can lead to distress.—

Kelsey Dallas

When winners feel doubt, they manage themselves—as fast as possible—away from the overwhelming tendency to hesitate, overthink, and overanalyze.—

Larry Weidel

Examples of overanalyze in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Though Biden quickly corrected himself, these gaffes will be overanalyzed because of his disastrous debate performance on June 27. —

Candy Woodall, Baltimore Sun, 12 July 2024 Conspiracy theorists are overanalyzing every movement of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, proclaiming anything and everything (engagements! —

Meg Walters, Glamour, 10 Apr. 2024 But before we get started, think of the falsely anointed, all the future Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterbacks in this NFL Draft — despite being the untried and untested, football players being judged and overanalyzed when not actually playing football. —

Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2024 Related Articles Kerr’s performance will always be overanalyzed. —

Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2024 See all Example Sentences for overanalyze

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