overscrupulous

Historical Examples

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

  The Silver Poppy

  Arthur Stringer

• 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.

  Thankful's Inheritance

  Joseph C. Lincoln

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

  The Gold Hunter's Adventures

  William H. Thomes

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

  Human Nature and Conduct

  John Dewey

• Had the well-beloved Honoria, in a moment of overscrupulous conscientiousness permitted herself to hoist danger signals?

  The History of Sir Richard Calmady

  Lucas Malet