Usually means: Adding unnecessary complexity to solutions.
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  1. overengineer: Merriam-Webster
  2. overengineer: Collins English Dictionary
  3. overengineer: Wiktionary

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verb:  (transitive) To render something more complicated than necessary; often implying that the complexity was added intentionally.

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