over·clean
ˌō-vər-ˈklēn 
overcleaned; overcleaning
: to clean (something) too much
Overcleaning gold jewelry may cause unnecessary wear.
We are victims of our own (carefully nurtured by advertising) need to overclean everything in our lives. We do our children no favours whatsoever by subjecting them to a sterile environment in the house only to send their unprepared immune systems out into a grubby, germy world.—
Lee Simpson
Lee Simpson
: excessively clean
An overclean fish tank lacks important components of a natural ecosystem.
… the windows were not overclean. In honest truth, it must be admitted that they were positively dirty.—William Alexander Hammond
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“Overclean.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overclean. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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