Definition of overfamiliar
: exceedingly or excessively familiar: such as
a
: so frequently seen, heard, or experienced as to seem dull or unoriginal
- a movie with an overfamiliar plot
- … the overfamiliar video oeuvre of the world's most generic rock star …
- —Steve Simels
b
: excessively friendly or informal
- I know it may seem overfamiliar, but I can't think of Marvin L. Goldberger as anything but Murph, so that is how I will refer to him.
- —Jeremy Bernstein
- However in other cultures … such informality is seen as being overfamiliar and thus impolite …
- —Heather Bowe and Kylie Martin
- … he felt the whole time he was being judged and found wanting, for not knowing which knife and fork to use, for being overfamiliar or too distant with the waiters …
- —Richard Coles
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overfamiliarity
play \ˌō-vər-fə-ˌmi-lē-ˈ(y)er-ə-tē, -ˈ(y)a-rə-; -ˌmil-ˈyer-, -ˌmil-ˈya-rə-\ noun-
- Despite its by-now overfamiliarity, the piece achieves a new freshness in this entertaining musicalization …
- —Frank Scheck
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- … the kind who can't tell the difference between the informality of true camaraderie and the subtle insult of overfamiliarity …
- —James Harkness
