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UK
/ˌəʊvəzˈɛləs/
]
[ US /ˌoʊvɝˈzɛɫəs/ ]
[ US /ˌoʊvɝˈzɛɫəs/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea
rabid isolationist
How To Use overzealous In A Sentence
- overzealousness" in allowing the flow of water runoffs from developments to the east onto the golf course fairways. The Daily Journal Local News
- It's brilliant to see people reacting with this gentle, exasperated humour rather than resorting to hateful tirades and overzealous flag flying.
- But don't be overzealous - it is too early for effective use of lawn weedkillers unless there is a good warm spell.
- Now, it may turn out that this is not a case of overzealous prosecution.
- Part of it, too, is frankly to reign in overzealous creativity. A Note From the Editors « A Fly in Amber
- Nor is it a charge made possible by the Patriot Act, a simple overzealous attempt to keep America safe.
- Parents cheered as their boys chased down fly balls and hurled them home, where overzealous runners were tagged out.
- Babies have died as a result of overzealous dunking. Times, Sunday Times
- The phrase ‘close to city centre’ is an elastic term which is being stretched to its limits by some overzealous selling agents.
- I would like to read one book about modern birds...*just one*...where conservation is not a looming, overzealous theme. Life's Time Capsule: Making of Karoo Sunset