Over-careful

o·ver·care·ful

[oh-ver-kair-fuhl]
adjective
excessively or unduly careful.

Origin:
1585–95; over- + careful

o·ver·care·ful·ly, adverb
o·ver·care·ful·ness, noun
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overcareful

adjective
excessively or unduly careful 
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Over-careful is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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