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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The first known use of overexplicit was in 1762
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