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overrefined

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o·ver·re·fine  (vr-r-fn)
tr.v. o·ver·re·fined, o·ver·re·fin·ing, o·ver·re·fines
To refine beyond a desired or appropriate point.

over·re·fined adj.
over·re·finement n.
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Adj.1.overrefined - excessively delicate or refined
refined - (used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel; "she was delicate and refined and unused to hardship"; "refined people with refined taste"


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By comparison with the American artists with whom he might seem to have the most in common--Robert Ryman or Joseph Marioni, for example--Spalletti's use of such gestures or of a material like gold leaf can make his work seem finicky and overrefined, fancy-schmancy.
However dazzling and pulsating with quirky energy, her recent paintings and sculpture seem overrefined with something crucial lost in the process.
WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART Edward Steichen's work might look musty and overrefined these days, but there's no denying the influence of his switch from impressionist Pictorialism to crisp modernism, or the definitive elegance of his work in both styles, or his crusading, entrepreneurial spirit.
 
 
 
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