verb · irregular · intransitive · rare

overthink

overthink · overthinks · overthought · overthinking

zerdenken, abwägen, überdenken, überlegen

To think or analyze too muchTo think or analyze too much.

» Don't overthink it.

Не ускладнюй.

Не ускладнюйте.

Не треба занадто ускладнювати.

Meaning

3 senses

To think or analyze too much.
Don't overthink the problem. It's not that difficult.
zerdenken, abwägen, überdenken
(rare)To think too highly (of); overestimate
(archaic)To think about; think over

More definitions

to spend to much time considering something and thus reach the wrong conclusion

Examples

44 sentences

Don't overthink it.
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Tom has a tendency to overthink things.
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Tom often overthinks things.
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Are we overthinking things?
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Tom tends to overthink things.
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Translations

3 languages

Deutsch

By meaning 2

to think or analyze too much:

to think (sth) over:

Origin

From Middle English *overthenken, *overthenchen (compare Middle English overthinken (“to

From Middle English *overthenken, *overthenchen (compare Middle English overthinken (“to grieve; have regrets; be sorry; be anxious”)), from Old English oferþenċan (“to think over; consider”), equivalent to over- + think.

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