overcommunication

English

Etymology

over- +‎ communication

Noun

overcommunication (uncountable)

  1. Excessive communication; communicating too much.
    Antonym: undercommunication
    • 2007 January 1, “Is It Who We Are, or How We Act? (5 Letters)”, in New York Times‎:
      Or is it a product of our drifting in an ocean of overcommunication?
    • 2022, William Singleton, Musings on Leadership: It's for Everyone and Everywhere in Life, PQA United, →ISBN, page 118:
      Where communication is concerned, both overcommunication and undercommunication are undesirable. Overcommunication wastes both the sender's and receiver's time by transmitting more information than necessary.
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