1. adding too much detail, explanation, or ornamentation to something; making something more complicated or detailed than necessary
Usage: present participle of 'overelaborate'; commonly used in academic, professional, and creative contexts

Examples

• The student was overelaborating on a simple concept, confusing the class instead of clarifying it.
• She tends to be overelaborating her stories with unnecessary details that distract from the main point.
• The designer criticized the proposal for overelaborating the interface with too many decorative elements.
• He was overelaborating his explanation when a brief answer would have sufficed.
• By overelaborating the plot, the author made the novel harder to follow.
• The speaker kept overelaborating minor points, running out of time for the important topics.