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  1. overengineered: Merriam-Webster
  2. overengineered: Wordnik
  3. overengineered: Wiktionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (overengineered)

adjective:  Made more complicated than necessary, often intentionally; as, especially:
adjective:  Designed for greater strength or other greater capability than is reasonably warranted by the principal purpose of the object, in anticipation of heavier duty or longer duty cycles than the standard use cases would predict.

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