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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
- Advertisers had argued that to ban the advertisements would be overzealous political correctness.
- He admits that he ‘may be overzealous at times,’ maybe even nasty or rude.
- Nixon blamed the "overzealousness" of a Highway Patrol unit and revealed that no one in his administration had reviewed the report before it was distributed to police statewide. PolicyBeta
- This isn't about "overzealousness": it's about enforcing the law. The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan
- Perhaps it was the overzealous con brio on the part of cellist Andrés Díaz: maybe there are a lot of sforzandi in the score, but from where I sat I heard more percussive bowstrikes than pure tone more often than I would have liked.
- I feel it is very important to warn drivers there are overzealous private clamping companies operating on private roads in the area.
- But some readings of Marx's materialism have been somewhat overzealous.
- Police cars, buses and disabled drivers have all been victims of overzealous parking wardens since the Parkwise scheme was introduced.
- I've seen it done here in Oregon and IMHO overzealously. It's a Cutthroat World Out There...
- Indeed, one of the many reasons why I like this site is that the comments are quite open to adverse opinions (unlike HuffPo, who seems to police comments quite overzealously). Think Progress » Demoralizing His Supporters, Obama Calls Nukes, Coal, And Oil Drilling ‘Clean Energy Jobs’