"overinstruct" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From over- + instruct.",
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      "form": "overinstructs",
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      "form": "overinstructing",
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    {
      "form": "overinstructed",
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      "form": "overinstructed",
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          "ref": "1922, E. H. Kastor, Advertising, LaSalle Extension University, page 122",
          "text": "It is a common fault to overinstruct the composing room—to tell them the size of type to use in every line and in every corner."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1996, Candace Lewis, “Helen Gurley Brown”, in Nancy Signorielli, editor, Women in Communication: A Biographical Sourcebook, Greenwood Press, →ISBN, page 36:",
          "text": "…feminist critics found fault with the magazine’s tendency to overinstruct readers on how to become some stereotype of a woman they might not be naturally….",
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          "ref": "1997, Malcolm R. McNeil, Donald A. Robin, and Richard A. Schmidt, \"Apraxia of Speech: Definition, Differentiation, and Treatment\", chapter 14 of Malcolm R. McNeil (ed.), Clinical Management of Sensorimotor Speech Disorders, Thieme, page 333",
          "text": "Verbal instructions are often overdone and are often unable to capture the many subtle aspects of skilled movements. …The most important message here is do not overinstruct."
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        "To instruct excessively."
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        {
          "word": "over-instruct"
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  "word": "overinstruct"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From over- + instruct.",
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    {
      "form": "overinstructs",
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    },
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    {
      "form": "overinstructed",
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        "participle",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "overinstructed",
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        {
          "ref": "1922, E. H. Kastor, Advertising, LaSalle Extension University, page 122",
          "text": "It is a common fault to overinstruct the composing room—to tell them the size of type to use in every line and in every corner."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1996, Candace Lewis, “Helen Gurley Brown”, in Nancy Signorielli, editor, Women in Communication: A Biographical Sourcebook, Greenwood Press, →ISBN, page 36:",
          "text": "…feminist critics found fault with the magazine’s tendency to overinstruct readers on how to become some stereotype of a woman they might not be naturally….",
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          "text": "Verbal instructions are often overdone and are often unable to capture the many subtle aspects of skilled movements. …The most important message here is do not overinstruct."
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        "To instruct excessively."
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