Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Excessively enthusiastic.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Too zealous.
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- adjective Too
zealous ; tooenthusiastic ,determined ; toofervent .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea
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Examples
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Asri Zainul Abidin has cultivated strong support among young people in the Muslim-majority country for criticizing what he called overzealous efforts by Islamic officials to clamp down on immoral behavior.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 Ians 2010
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Asri Zainul Abidin has cultivated strong support among young people in the Muslim-majority country for criticizing what he called overzealous efforts by Islamic officials to clamp down on immoral behavior.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 Ians 2010
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Asri Zainul Abidin has cultivated strong support among young people in the Muslim-majority country for criticizing what he called overzealous efforts by Islamic officials to clamp down on immoral behavior.
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Part of it, too, is frankly to reign in overzealous creativity.
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That you think that’s hateful and overzealous is just, I don’t know, kinda hateful and overzealous.
Why Anyone Who Says We Live In A Post-Feminist World Should Be Cuffed In The Head | Her Bad Mother 2008
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That you think that’s hateful and overzealous is just, I don’t know, kinda hateful and overzealous.
Why Anyone Who Says We Live In A Post-Feminist World Should Be Cuffed In The Head | Her Bad Mother 2008
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"The Times" framed the story as a huge spy scandal beginning back in March of 1999, but has come under fire for its early stories, which some have called overzealous and inaccurate.
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KURTZ: Although much has been reported and written about Wen Ho Lee during these past 19 months, "The New York Times" has come under heavy fire for its initial round of coverage, which many have called overzealous and inaccurate.
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"They just had too much makeup," he continues, using a common term for overzealous cellar work.
SFGate: Top News Stories wine@sfchronicle.com (Derrick Schneider 2011
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"They just had too much makeup," he continues, using a common term for overzealous cellar work.
SFGate: Top News Stories wine@sfchronicle.com (Derrick Schneider 2011
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