overattentive

/ ˌəʊvərəˈtɛntɪv /

adjective

1. excessively careful to fulfil the needs and wants (of)

Example Sentences

Was it the doting and overattentive manner of the instructors?

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I tried my best to not be overattentive, which I believe has been my downfall in the past.

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The opening game at the Luzhniki Stadium was a brilliantly staged piece of theatre, complete with an enjoyably opaque address from Vladimir Putin, iconic alpha-dog shots of Gianni Infantino lurking like an overattentive blini-waiter between Putin and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and a 5-0 defeat of a wretched Saudi Arabia.

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Physicists as a rule are not overattentive to the pronouncements of Swiss patent office clerks, and so, despite the abundance of useful tidings, Einstein’s papers attracted little notice.

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Callie’s boyfriend is overattentive and rubs his hand up and down her thigh in a weird way that makes me shiver while she and El whisper back and forth, sharing secrets, I’m sure.

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