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adjective
- 1. showing too much energy or enthusiasm in pursuit of a cause or objective: "he's been overzealous in handing out parking tickets"
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Too much and unnecessary. (Definition of overzealous from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) Examples of overzealous. overzealous. He has less tolerance for those, whether overzealous anti-clericals or calculating church leaders, who attacked and condemned others on the basis of their beliefs.
adjective. over· zeal· ous ˌō-vər-ˈze-ləs. : too zealous : having or showing too much zeal : excessively eager, enthusiastic, or fervent. overzealous parents. overzealous workers. … another version of the overzealous monitoring that has produced kids who leave for college without ever having crossed the street by themselves. Peggy Orenstein.
Overzealous describes someone who gets too excited about something, like your mom, the overzealous collector of cute kitten figurines that now fill every table and shelf in the house. If you're overzealous about something, you've gone too far, and you're probably starting to scare people.
Too much and unnecessary. (Definition of overzealous from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) Examples of overzealous. overzealous. But the overzealous marketing could turn some consumers off down the road. From CNET.
Overzealous definition: too zealous. See examples of OVERZEALOUS used in a sentence.
adjective. excessively zealous. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word Frequency. overzealous in American English. (ˈouvərˈzeləs) adjective. too zealous. overzealous for reform. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC.
Definition of overzealous adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Define overzealous. overzealous synonyms, overzealous pronunciation, overzealous translation, English dictionary definition of overzealous. adj. Excessively enthusiastic: overzealous movie fans. o′ver·zeal′ous·ly adv. o′ver·zeal′ous·ness n.
Overzealous definition: Excessively enthusiastic.
overzealous meaning, definition, what is overzealous: too eager about something you believe in...: Learn more.
