Word: overfit
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: o
ver
fit
Definition: To use a statistical model that has too many parameters relative to the size of the sample leading to a good fit with the sample data but a poor fit with new data.
Morphemes:
Affix: over-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: excessively
Affix: fit
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Goodness of fit; make fit
Etymology Compounds: Affix: fit
Language: enm
Decoded: fit
Meaning: an adversary of equal power