Meaning & use
Overexplaining
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Explaining something in far more detail than necessary, often to the point of confusing or boring the listener.
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She caught herself overexplaining a simple request and just let the email speak for itself.
He tends to keep overexplaining his decisions instead of trusting people to understand.
A note on using this word
Often associated with anxiety or a fear of being misunderstood, overexplaining can unintentionally undermine confidence in a message.
Words with a similar meaning
over-elaboratingbelaboring
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