severe
adjective
harsh; unnecessarily extreme.
oversevere
-
a word derived from
severe.
Example Sentences
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The sale comes despite growing concerns over the UK's water industry, which has been accused of paying out excessive salaries and perks to executives whilst preceding oversevere leakage and pollution failures.
From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2024
Ben Lear might well have been oversevere: his sentence had the stigma of capricious anger, wounded vanity.
From Time Magazine Archive
