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/ˈoʊvɝɹiˌækʃən/
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[ UK /ˌəʊvəɹɪˈækʃən/ ]
[ UK /ˌəʊvəɹɪˈækʃən/ ]
NOUN
- an excessive reaction; a reaction with inappropriate emotional behavior
How To Use overreaction In A Sentence
- The key is striking a balance between resilience as a country and overreaction at home and abroad. Times, Sunday Times
- When you're in school now, the overreaction to this and that and the strictness and what they call the decrease, I'm calling the police. CNN Transcript Oct 31, 2009
- Are the latest wobbles in markets, therefore, an overreaction or a sensible response to genuine change?
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- I am beginning to wonder if any politician appreciates quite how much Labour's laws and its corrosively pessimistic view of society have permeated national life or, for that matter, the way that a culture of fear, encouraged by government and the popular press, leads to ludicrous overreaction on the ground. So, how do the parties match up on protecting our freedom?
- In effect what you are hoping to avoid happening and you experience what feels like an overreaction by others towards your illness. Times, Sunday Times
- DEAR COLD: In my mind, storming out when your girlfriend expresses her disappointment is an overreaction. Ask Amy
- The Captain's civilian lawyer has said the charges were vindictively added as part of an effort to cover up the military's mistake and initial overreaction.
- In effect what you are hoping to avoid happening and you experience what feels like an overreaction by others towards your illness. Times, Sunday Times
- Surely an overreaction, there was just the merest nimbus puff floating benevolently by as we left home - it looked a great Sunday for football.