overreference

To reference too much or too often.

Verb

  1. To reference too much or too often.
    • Despite considerable overreferencing, which sometimes intrudes into the text sufficiently to disturb the thought processes of the reader, the book is well written. - 1979, Environment and Planning A, volume 11, page 964:
    • The concept of normalization has to be one of most overreferenced yet misunderstood concepts in programming. - 2010, Robert Vieira, Professional Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Programming:

    Antonyms: underreference

Origin

From over- + reference.

Forms

overreferences overreferencing overreferenced