Overchooses

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Chooses or selects more options than necessary or appropriate
2. Makes a selection by picking an unnecessarily large number of choices
3. Decides by going beyond reasonable or sufficient options in selection

Etymology: "Overchooses" is simply the third-person singular present of "overchoose," formed by attaching the prefix "over-" (meaning excessively or too much) to "choose." "Choose" comes from Old English "ceosan," which is related to Germanic roots meaning to test or taste, a sense that survives in the old idea of choosing as discerning or picking out the best. The verb "overchoose" is a rare, mostly dictionary-level formation, built the way many English verbs with "over-" are, such as "overeat" or "overbuy," so it needs no special history of its own.

Synonyms: overselects, overpicks, overopts, overdecides, overelects

Antonyms: underchooses, underselects, underpicks, underopts, underdecides