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Definition of overdressed adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

overdressed

adjective

/ˌəʊvəˈdrest/

/ˌəʊvərˈdrest/

(usually disapproving)

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wearing clothes that are too formal or too smart for a particular occasion opposite underdressedTopics Clothes and Fashionc2

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