"overspecify" meaning in All languages combined

{
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    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “specify in excessive detail”",
      "word": "underspecify"
    }
  ],
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      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From over- + specify.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "overspecifies",
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    },
    {
      "form": "overspecifying",
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    {
      "form": "overspecified",
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    },
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  "lang_code": "en",
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        {
          "text": "The customer overspecified the requirements and now we're contractually required to build it this way. Does he think he's an engineer?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1949, “Sponge Rubber”, in Walter E. Burton, editor, Engineering with Rubber, 1st edition, New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, page 389:",
          "text": "Manufacturers of sponge-rubber products have noted a tendency for designers and other users to overspecify.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1975, John Whittet, “We Need NEOCS”, in All Hands, number 698, page 50:",
          "text": "First, the study group discovered a tendency in the current system to overspecify a billet. For example, to write a billet for a laboratory technician, one could specify rate and rating, as an HM1, one could specify E-6 and NEC-8506, or one could specify both. Obviously, this sort of procedure creates distribution problems which could compound.",
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        "To specify in excessive detail."
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          "specify"
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        {
          "text": "As usual the customer overspecified the requirements, it's like asking for a car that seats 20 and fits in a compact car's parking space.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1991 April 1, Gene P. Carlson, “NFPA 1903: Mobile Water Supply Apparatus”, in Fire Engineering:",
          "text": "Design your mobile water supply apparatus around the chassis that you intend to use. Don’t overspecify or underspecify the unit.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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        "To specify excessive capability."
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        {
          "text": "An overspecified truth table contains at least one decision that will never be executed because it is already specified in a previous decision...",
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        },
        {
          "text": "A noun phrase is overspecified when it is used in a context where a pronoun would have been unambiguous.",
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        }
      ],
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        "To provide redundant or inconsistent information."
      ],
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        [
          "redundant",
          "redundant"
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˌoʊvɚˈspɛsɪˌfaɪ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “specify in excessive detail”",
      "word": "underspecify"
    }
  ],
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From over- + specify.",
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    {
      "form": "overspecifies",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "overspecifying",
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    },
    {
      "form": "overspecified",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "overspecified",
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  ],
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        {
          "text": "The customer overspecified the requirements and now we're contractually required to build it this way. Does he think he's an engineer?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1949, “Sponge Rubber”, in Walter E. Burton, editor, Engineering with Rubber, 1st edition, New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, page 389:",
          "text": "Manufacturers of sponge-rubber products have noted a tendency for designers and other users to overspecify.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1975, John Whittet, “We Need NEOCS”, in All Hands, number 698, page 50:",
          "text": "First, the study group discovered a tendency in the current system to overspecify a billet. For example, to write a billet for a laboratory technician, one could specify rate and rating, as an HM1, one could specify E-6 and NEC-8506, or one could specify both. Obviously, this sort of procedure creates distribution problems which could compound.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To specify in excessive detail."
      ],
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        [
          "specify",
          "specify"
        ],
        [
          "excessive",
          "excessive"
        ],
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          "detail",
          "detail"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "As usual the customer overspecified the requirements, it's like asking for a car that seats 20 and fits in a compact car's parking space.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1991 April 1, Gene P. Carlson, “NFPA 1903: Mobile Water Supply Apparatus”, in Fire Engineering:",
          "text": "Design your mobile water supply apparatus around the chassis that you intend to use. Don’t overspecify or underspecify the unit.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To specify excessive capability."
      ],
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        [
          "capability",
          "capability"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "An overspecified truth table contains at least one decision that will never be executed because it is already specified in a previous decision...",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "A noun phrase is overspecified when it is used in a context where a pronoun would have been unambiguous.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "To provide redundant or inconsistent information."
      ],
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        [
          "redundant",
          "redundant"
        ],
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          "inconsistent",
          "inconsistent"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˌoʊvɚˈspɛsɪˌfaɪ/",
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        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "overspecify"
}