1.
If food is ~, it has been spoiled by being cooked for too long.
The meat was ~ and the vegetables disappointing.
= overcooked
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2.
If you say that something is ~, you mean that you think it is excessive or exaggerated.
In fact, the panic is ~. As the map shows, the drought has been confined to the south and east of Britain.
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