overgenerous
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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An overgenerous offer of fuel subsidies meant costs spiralled out of control, leaving NI taxpayers with a £490m bill.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2018
Rouvali combed through the pages of the First for new discoveries, something potent in the timpani or bird-like in the flute or overgenerous in the horns.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2016
Companies need to put more effort into guarding the guards—training them in how to conduct reviews and holding them accountable if they are overgenerous or otherwise sloppy.
From Economist ● Feb. 16, 2016
His patently overgenerous compliments filled me with joy.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 18, 2016
Literature is not an overgenerous paymaster, and with a growing family expenses tend to increase in a larger ratio than income.
From A Backward Glance at Eighty Recollections & comment by Charles A. (Charles Albert) Murdock
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