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From overpower +‎ -ed.^[1]

overpowered

1. simple past and past participle of overpower

overpowered (comparative more overpowered, superlative most overpowered)

1. Subdued by superior force.
   • 1918 September, Stephen Vincent Benét, “The White Peacock. (France—Ancient Régime.)”, in Young Adventure: A Book of Poems, New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press; London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, →OCLC, canto I, page 68:

     Rippling back abashed before the ominous silences / Like the swift turns and starts of an overpowered fencer / Who sees before him Horror / Behind him darkness, / Shadow.

   • 1961, Stephen D[enis] Kertesz, “A New Era”, in Stephen D. Kertesz, editor, American Diplomacy in a New Era (International Studies of the Committee on International Relations, University of Notre Dame), Notre Dame, Ind.: University of Notre Dame Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1:

     It is true that during two world wars the belligerents violated many rules of warfare which had been generally accepted in some earlier periods of history, but the fundamental purpose remained unchanged—to impose the victor’s will on an overpowered enemy.

   • 1996, Julia I[ndiati] Suryakusuma, “The State and Sexuality in New Order Indonesia”, in Laurie J. Sears, editor, Fantasizing the Feminine in Indonesia, Durham, N.C.; London: Duke University Press, →ISBN, part I (Structures of Control), page 111:

     Nani [pseudonym] identified four kinds of marriages among government officials. […] A second is that of the “overpowered husband” whose wife is dominant, which Nani considers funny because such husbands tend to behave awkwardly in the face of wifely control.

From over- +‎ powered.^[2]

overpowered (comparative more overpowered, superlative most overpowered)

1. Overly powerful.

   Synonyms: (gaming) OP, overpowerful

   Antonym: underpowered

   The engine seemed overpowered for such a small car.

   Players complained that some of the characters in the game were overpowered and hard to defeat.

   • 1959 January 21, Michael J. Heuer, “Skule Debate Jan. 22”, in Toike Oike, volume 52, number 6, Toronto, Ont.: Engineering Society of the University of Toronto, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2, columns 1–2:

     Are the 1959 cars put out by the Big 3 overpowered, oversized, overjuiced, over-elaborate, gas-guzzling dinosaurs? […] The motion reads “Resolved That the Big 3’s 1959 Car Models are engineering monstrosities”.