overscrupulous

[ oh-ver-skroo-pyuh-luhs ]

adjective

1. excessively scrupulous.

Other Words From

• over·scrupu·lous·ly adverb
• over·scrupu·lous·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of overscrupulous¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; over- + scrupulous

Example Sentences

After all, might there not be such a thing as an overscrupulous judgment of motive and action for the man of the world?

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I don't like to see you letting success and—and all the rest of it pass you by, when other men, not so overscrupulous, do succeed.

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Both were determined to make money when it was possible, and were, sometimes, not overscrupulous in their transactions.

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Each class is rigidly sure of the rightness of its own ends and hence not overscrupulous about the means of attaining them.

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Otherwise for ourselves we only want what we want when we want it, not being overscrupulous about the means we take to get it.

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