overdriven
Driven too hard, or beyond normal limits; exhausted.
Adjective
- Driven too hard, or beyond normal limits; exhausted.
- Intertwining, staccato rhythmic patterns by overdriven guitars and basses — the kind of thing that makes rock critics say “angular” in their sleep — used to be merely a sign of semi-competence; now it’s a trademark...
Origin
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English driven English overdriven From over- + driven.