Overexposes

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To subject to excessive light or analysis, which leads to unintended revelations or vulnerabilities
2. To make something overly visible or apparent, often resulting in adverse effects on privacy or integrity
3. Allows too much light or attention to reveal more than intended

Etymology: "Overexposes" is the third-person singular present form of "overexpose," a verb meaning to expose something, such as film or a photographic plate, to too much light, or more generally to reveal too much. It is made of the prefix "over-," meaning excessively or beyond the proper amount, attached to "expose." "Expose" itself traces back to Latin "exponere," meaning to put forth or set out, built from "ex-" (out) and "ponere" (to place). That original sense of setting something out in view survives in the photographic use, where light is set onto a sensitive surface. Adding "over-" simply marks the excess: the subject has been set out in view more than it should have been.

Synonyms: overexpose, expose too much