OVERWRITE

[verb] [past simple] overwrote, [past participle] overwritten - to write (something) in a way which is not clear and simple or is more detailed than it needs to beAll the critics have said that his new book is massively overwritten. [T]She's one of those authors who has a tendency to overwrite. [I]If you overwrite a letter, word, etc. when using a computer, you replace the letters that are on the screen by typing on top of them.