timid
adjective
lacking in self-assurance, courage, or bravery; easily alarmed; timorous; shy.
overtimid
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a word derived from
timid.
Example Sentences
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Baldwin named no names, but he implied that inept, overtimid, task-force commanders may have been at least partly to blame.
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