overinformed
adjective
over·in·formed
ˌō-vər-in-ˈfȯrmd
1
: having excessive information
In some ways people are almost overinformed about nutrition in America. Food is an obsessional part of the national conversation.—Bee Wilson
… the potential issue is not with people lying: It's with already annoying neighborhood players becoming insufferably overinformed. With wearable technology, pickup games will now be statistically measured against players' egos.—Sam Sturgis
2
: based on excessive information
… postmodernism, with its weary, overinformed view that there is nothing new to say …—Tom Payne
Some of his long poems strike me as artificially enriched, overinformed doggerel.—Peter Davison
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“Overinformed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overinformed. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025.
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