Meaning of oversearch | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To search all over.
   archaic, transitive
2. To search excessively.

Examples

“To oversearch the fearful ocean”

“But people undersearch far more than they oversearch: We tend⟳ to explore⟳ situations less thoroughly than our own⟳ goals recommend⟳!”

“Oversearching: If you look⟳ long enough and hard enough for any particular pattern in a data set⟳, the more you look⟳, the more likely you are to find⟳ it—whether it's meaningful or not.”

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