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overburn

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From over- + burn.

verb overburns · overburning · overburned · overburnt

  1. transitive To burn too much or for too long.
  2. transitive To record more than the usual available data capacity onto (an optical disc).
  3. figuratively, intransitive To be overzealous.

noun overburns

  1. rare, uncountable, usually An excessive burning. The furnace with the hickory wood was at a great heat and in danger of an overburn.

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@misc{overburn_2026,
  title = {overburn},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/overburn},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}