overbaked

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adjective

over·​baked ˌō-vər-ˈbākt 

1

: baked for too long or at too high a temperature

a dry, overbaked cookie

2

: elaborated or developed to the point of seeming artificial or contrived : overwrought

… beneath the slogging, overbaked narrative … is a nimbler, leaner story struggling to emerge.

—Arthur Krystal

… these slightly overbaked songs, in which elaborate production touches (strings, timpani-like drum flourishes) mask the band's three-chord limitations.

—Greg Kot

overbaked

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past tense and past participle of overbake

Examples of overbaked in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

Start checking after 35 minutes, because an overbaked cake is a dry cake! — Olivia Wakim, AJC.com, 17 Mar. 2026

Bake until the meringue is lightly browned—the meringue will be dry if overbaked and runny if underbaked. — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 18 Aug. 2025

However, his road to a nom won’t be easy, with a total miscast of his co-star Tom Hanks, who’s thrown into a fat suit with a questionable accent, and an overbaked runtime. — Clayton Davis, Variety, 23 June 2022

So why does Tom Holland keep spending his Spider-Man breaks on overbaked, self-serious bummers? — Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 7 Dec. 2021

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1752, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for overbaked

• ached
• baked
• braked
• caked
• faked
• flaked
• quaked
• raked
• slaked
• snaked
• staked
• waked