Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb over-refine

1 sense of over-refine

Sense 1
overrefine, over-refine -- (refine too much or with excess of subtlety; "He is overrefining this matter")
       => polish, refine, fine-tune, down -- (improve or perfect by pruning or polishing; "refine one's style of writing")