Definition of overtreat
overtreated;
overtreating
transitive + intransitive
: to treat (something or someone) more than necessary or usual: such as
a
: to give or administer excessive medical treatment to (someone) or for (something)
- overtreating older patients
- overtreating low-grade prostate cancers
- doctors who routinely overtreat with antibiotics
b
: to subject (something) to treatment or handling too often or for too long
- overtreated hair
- These wines lacked fruit concentration, which suggests they had been overtreated or filtered before bottling.
- —James Suckling
