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   What does overscrupulous mean?

   • Pick the best words! A quiz to (peak/peek/pique) your interest. The meaning of OVERSCRUPULOUS is excessively scrupulous. How to use overscrupulous in a sentence.

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   What does it mean if a class is overscrupulous?

   • Each class is rigidly sure of the rightness of its own ends and hence not overscrupulous about the means of attaining them. Otherwise for ourselves we only want what we want when we want it, not being overscrupulous about the means we take to get it. Overscrupulous definition: excessively scrupulous. .

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   What is over-scrupulousness?

   • Over-scrupulousness is the quality or state of being overscrupulous; excess of scrupulousness. Want to thank The Free Dictionary for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content.

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   When was overscrupulous first used?

   • The earliest known use of the adjective overscrupulous is in the mid 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for overscrupulous is from 1549, in a translation by Thomas Chaloner, diplomat and writer. overscrupulous is formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, scrupulous adj.

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   adjective. extremely careful about what is morally right. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. overscrupulous in American English. (ˈouvərˈskruːpjələs) adjective. excessively scrupulous. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC.

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     [1590–1600; over-+ scrupulous] This word is first recorded...

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   The meaning of OVERSCRUPULOUS is excessively scrupulous. How to use overscrupulous in a sentence.

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   adjective: Excessively scrupulous. Similar: hyperscrupulous, overexact, overjudicious, overconscientious, overcaptious, overcareful, overthrifty, overpious, overcunning, overpunctilious, more... Types: fussy, particular, picky, choosy, meticulous, scrupulous, more...

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   What does the adjective overscrupulous mean? There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective overscrupulous . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

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   Overscrupulous definition: excessively scrupulous. . See examples of OVERSCRUPULOUS used in a sentence.

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   overscrupulous. (ˌəʊvəˈskruːpjʊləs) adj. extremely careful about what is morally right. Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014. Want to thank TFD for its existence?

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   Overscrupulous Definition. Meanings. Definition Source. Origin. Adjective. Filter. adjective. Excessively scrupulous. Wiktionary.