Usually means: Excessive analysis causing decision paralysis.
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  1. overthink: Merriam-Webster
  2. overthink: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. overthink: Collins English Dictionary
  4. overthink: Wordnik
  5. overthink: Wiktionary
  6. overthink: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

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  1. Overthink: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (overthink)

verb:  (archaic) To think about; think over
verb:  To think or analyze too much.
verb:  (rare) To think too highly (of); overestimate

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