Overcook
(verb)
- Cook (food) for too long or at too high a temperature.
- Spoil or ruin (something) by excessive or prolonged treatment.
Origin:
Early 17th century (in the sense "cook too much"): from over- + cook.
Examples:
- I overcooked the rice.
- The sauce had been overcooked and was now too thick.
- The steak was overcooked and dry.
- He overcooked the play in his eagerness to score.
- She overcooked the vegetables and they were mushy.