overlearn /əʊvəˈləːn/ verb3 •To learn (something) more than is necessary; to study excessively, to take (something) too much to heart. •To learn (something) to the point where responses become instinctive. •Mostly when talking about neural networks, to learn a task to the point where responses actually start to degrade. Compare with overfit, in model tuning contexts. formsoverlearned · overlearnt · overlearning · overlearns