overspecify

Verb

 * 1) To specify in excessive detail.
 * The customer overspecified the requirements and now we're contractually required to build it this way. Does he think he's an engineer?
 * 1) To specify excessive capability.
 * As usual the customer overspecified the requirements, it's like asking for a car that seats 20 and fits in a compact car's parking space.
 * 1) To provide redundant or inconsistent information.
 * An overspecified truth table contains at least one decision that will never be executed because it is already specified in a previous decision...
 * A noun phrase is overspecified when it is used in a context where a pronoun would have been unambiguous.
 * 1) To provide redundant or inconsistent information.
 * An overspecified truth table contains at least one decision that will never be executed because it is already specified in a previous decision...
 * A noun phrase is overspecified when it is used in a context where a pronoun would have been unambiguous.

Antonyms

 * underspecify

Related terms

 * overspecification