verb
- to plan something in excessive detail or with too much preparation; to spend too much time or effort planning
Usage: informal; often implies unnecessary or counterproductive planning
Examples
- She tends to overplan her vacations, creating detailed itineraries for every hour.
- Don't overplan the event—sometimes spontaneity makes it more fun.
- He overplanned the project and missed the deadline because he kept revising his strategy.
- The team overplanned the presentation and ran out of time to actually practice it.
- I overplanned my study schedule and ended up feeling stressed instead of prepared.