Overrecorded

Part of speech: adjective, verb

Definitions

1. Captured or documented excessively either in recording media or data collection; having entries or instances noted more than necessary leading to redundancy; producing audio or video content more times than is typical or required
2. Made more than the typical amount of sound or data recordings, often resulting in surplus material; documented repeatedly beyond useful measure; excessively chronicled through audio or video means
3. Being recorded repeatedly or with surplus frequency, causing an abundance of captured data or sound; having too many documented instances causing overlap; excessively logged or archived beyond usual limits

Etymology: "Overrecorded" is the past tense and past participle of "over-record," a verb built from the prefix "over-" attached to "record." The prefix carries its usual sense of excess or beyond the normal measure, so to over-record something is to capture or log it more times, or in greater volume, than is needed. "Record" itself comes from Old French "recorder," meaning to call back to mind or repeat aloud, which in turn traces to Latin "recordari," to remember, from "re-" (again) and "cor" (heart), the heart being regarded in ancient thought as the seat of memory. The past-tense form therefore describes something that has already been captured past the point of usefulness. Its meaning ties directly to the older sense of "record" as memory: the same act of keeping something in mind has been stretched into an act of storing it in excess.

Synonyms: overdubbed, overproduced

Antonyms: underrecorded