overexplicit

adjective

over·ex·plic·it | \ ˌō-vər-ik-ˈspli-sət

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Definition of overexplicit

: explicit to an excessive or unnecessary degree overexplicit instructions the movie's overexplicit violence There is no need to be overexplicit, to pin things down, to categorize and classify.— Jenny Edkins and Adrian Kear

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