overzealous
[oh-ver-zel-uh s]
- too zealous: overzealous for reform.
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Origin of overzealous
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Contemporary Examples
And an overzealous medical professional, hoping to safeguard against malpractice, can also be a cause of unneeded procedure.
What you least desire can happen, particularly when the passion of a goal results in overzealous actions.
Both McCauley and the glowing plant team worry that overzealous regulation could kill the nascent DIY Bio movement.
An overzealous (and yes, probably liberal) IRS lawyer overreacted to this flood of applications.
He was viewed as an overzealous evangelical Christian who at least was tough on crime, and kept the guerrillas in check.
Trial of an American Ally: Ghosts of Foreign Policy Past in GuatemalaConstantino Diaz-Duran
March 24, 2013
Historical Examples
Nor, on the other hand, was it overzealous in pressing its own claims too far.
Desiderius Erasmus of RotterdamEphraim Emerton
The politicians, as a rule, are not overzealous for your success.
Letters and Literary Memorials of Samuel J. Tilden, v. 2Samuel J. Tilden
Those young officers are—they are—let us call them overzealous.
The Valley of VisionHenry Van Dyke
“Nearly did for me, my overzealous friend,” said Cleek, after a time.
Cleek of Scotland YardThomas W. Hanshew
The overzealous trustee had exactly expressed his own wishes and anxieties.
Tom GroganF. Hopkinson Smith
overzealous
- excessively zealous
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