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Example Sentences
Origin
o·ver·zeal·ous
/
ˈoʊ
vərˈzɛl
əs
/
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[
oh
-ver-
zel
-
uh
s
]
Show IPA
adjective
too
zealous
:
overzealous for reform.
Origin:
1625–35;
over-
+
zealous
Related forms
o·ver·zeal·ous·ly,
adverb
o·ver·zeal·ous·ness,
noun
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Example Sentences
Quivering lips, meaningful looks and
overzealous
law enforcement.
Combine this condition with
overzealous
drivers, and intersections easily become gridlocked.
The law professor turned his artistic talents into a powerful tool for battling
overzealous
copyright laws.
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Quivering lips, meaningful looks and
overzealous
law enforcement.
Combine this condition with
overzealous
drivers, and intersections easily become gridlocked.
The law professor turned his artistic talents into a powerful tool for battling
overzealous
copyright laws.
The tone of your article suggests that the detentions were
overzealous
.
His lawyer has even characterized them as an
overzealous
attempt to help friends.
It was an unopened bottle, bought in the departure area, so this seemed a bit
overzealous
.
The actions of a couple of
overzealous
or bigoted policemen should not be taken as representative.
Her argument is further diminished by her unnecessary description of one
overzealous
counselor as if his efforts.
Indeed, some of them amount to
overzealous
law enforcement railroading suspects, he said.
But then its charges had to be dismissed because an
overzealous
grand juror insisted on investigating on his own.
COLLAPSE
Collins
World English Dictionary
overzealous
(ˌəʊvəˈzɛləs)
—
adj
excessively zealous
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
overzealous
1630s, from
over
+
zealous
(q.v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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