Overpadded

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. Furnished with far more padding or stuffing than is necessary, making something bulky or cushioned to an excessive degree
2. Having been packed with too much cushioning material, so that the item feels thick, puffy and unwieldy
3. Describing an object or garment stuffed with superfluous padding beyond what its purpose actually requires

Etymology: "Overpadded" is the past participle and past tense of "overpad," a verb formed from the prefix "over-" and the verb "pad." The prefix adds the sense of excess, so to overpad something is to pad it more than is needed. "Pad" itself goes back to the idea of a soft stuffing or bundle, and in English it has long meant to fill or cushion something with extra material, whether that is a garment, a chair, or a piece of writing stretched with unnecessary words. Because "over-" is a productive English prefix, it can attach to many verbs to mean "too much" or "beyond the proper amount," so "overpad" follows an ordinary pattern rather than a special history. Its meaning is therefore transparent from its parts, and the word has no separate story of its own beyond that combination.

Synonyms: overstuffed, padded, bulky