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
