overdetermined

[ oh-ver-di-tur-mind ]

adjective

1. excessively or unduly determined. determined.

Word History and Origins

Origin of overdetermined¹

First recorded in 1915–20; over- + determined

Example Sentences

Whether a different candidate might have produced a different result is unknowable, but as I’ve already suggested, this outcome was likely overdetermined by the Democratic Party’s trajectory of self-destruction.

From Salon

When I first encountered this quote in a posting on X, I found it so overdetermined that I thought it must be apocryphal.

From Los Angeles Times

My belief that this matters may be overdetermined by the fact that, 200-plus years later, I bicycled along Williams Street every weekday, passing the church where Edwards had visited Williams, on my way to and from Miss Smith’s classroom.

From Salon

Do you mind just thinking through the ways in which it’s almost overdetermined that we can’t get control of this because of the constraints of the First Amendment?

From Slate

Still, “Saviors,” Green Day’s new album, is a decisive, even overdetermined return to form.

From New York Times