overmuch

American  

[oh-ver-muhch] / ˈoʊ vərˈmʌtʃ /

adjective

1. too much.

   He didn't show overmuch concern. We tried not to regret it overmuch.

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overmuch British  

/ ˌəʊvəˈmʌtʃ /

adverb

1. too much; very much

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noun

1. an excessive amount

Etymology

Origin of overmuch

Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; over-, much

Example Sentences

Meyer says consumers shouldn’t worry overmuch about ham prices for the holidays.

From Washington Post

Donald Trump is not one to worry overmuch about the "appearance of impropriety."

From Salon

Reading was faulted for a range of physical ailments that included vertigo, gout and indigestion — what the 17th-century scholar Robert Burton called “all such diseases as come by overmuch sitting.”

From New York Times

The white boys may not have got it as bad as the black boys, but they were not at Nickel because the world cared overmuch about them.

From The New Yorker

Claude attempts suicide on a fairly regular basis, but this is never explored, nor does Marcel dwell on it overmuch.

From New York Times