Definition of overbaked
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
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The first known use of overbaked was in 1752
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