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over-edit
verb[ I or T ]
(alsooveredit)uk /ˌəʊ.vərˈed.ɪt/ us /ˌoʊ.vɚˈed.ɪt/
to make too many changes to a text, film, etc. when deciding what will be removed and what will be kept in, in order to prepare it for being printed or shown:
Don't over-edit the video - just remove the real mistakes.
Editors should not overedit.
It is said that American editors tend to over-edit and British editors tend to under-edit.
We were asked to take great care not to overedit.
She has made an enormous effort not to over-edit the performance.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Editing & compiling
abridged
anthologist
blue pencil
bowdlerization
bowdlerize
bowdlerized
co-edit
compile
dub
excerpt
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post-editing
proofreading
recension
redact
revise
undubbed
unfiltered
unindexed
unrevised
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