overauthor

Etymology

From over- + author.

overauthor means to add too many names to the list of authors on a work produced by a team. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 82 out of 100.

verb

To add too many names to the list of authors on a work produced by a team.“In most cases, it is better to "overauthor" in team publications than to "underauthor", to include an individual if there is...”
To continue revising a work past the point where the revisions improve the work.“In 1817, which marks the first appearance of The Ancient Mariner as a work by Coleridge, the poem is, by contrast, almost overauthored.”