overconscientious
- a word derived from conscientious.
Example Sentences
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So many children raised by deadly serious and overconscientious parents have had humor programmed out.
From Time Magazine Archive
Especially is this true of the overæsthetic, overconscientious types described in Chapter III.
From The Nervous Housewife by Myerson, Abraham
The Lensmand was no tyrant, but shallow, and not overconscientious.
From Growth of the Soil by Hamsun, Knut
For the most part he has attained a desirable stage of ethical development, is overconscientious and more than usually correct.
From A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Freud, Sigmund
"Bad habits must not be formed" is the actuating motive of the overconscientious parents, for they do not seem to know that the "trial and error" method is the natural way of learning.
From The Nervous Housewife by Myerson, Abraham
