overgenerous
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
It said while the evidence was limited it was "difficult to conclude that overgenerous schemes had a significant impact on inflation in late 2021".
From BBC • Jan. 31, 2023
“Yet children’s fibs, like old wives’ tales, tend to be overgenerous with the truth rather than economical with it.”
From The New Yorker • Jul. 16, 2018
And then of course there is the commission’s insistence that Apple should repay the €13bn in back taxes that it owes the Irish government because of overgenerous tax breaks provided to the company.
From The Guardian • Jul. 1, 2017
Rouvali combed through the pages of the First for new discoveries, something potent in the timpani or bird-like in the flute or overgenerous in the horns.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2016
The Hay-Herran Treaty, if it erred at all, erred in being overgenerous toward Colombia.
From Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography by Roosevelt, Theodore
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
