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Definition of Overcareful
1. Adjective. Excessively or unduly careful.
Definition of Overcareful
1. a. Too careful.
Definition of Overcareful
1. Adjective. Excessively careful. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Overcareful
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overcareful
Literary usage of Overcareful
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Deficiencies in Reading Ability: Their Diagnosis and Remedies by Clarence Truman Gray (1922)
"The best explanation of such reading seems to be that the pupil is overcareful.
This is in harmony with the reports of both her teacher and her mother, ..."
2. Reading: Its Nature and Development by Charles Hubbard Judd, William Scott Gray, Clarence Truman Gray, Katherine McLaughlin, Clara Schmitt, Adam Raymond Gilliland (1918)
"160; slow, 161; slow, overcareful, 159 Readers of various types, 159 Reading: in
American ... overcareful, 159; special case, 83 Sound unit in reading, ..."
3. Publications by English Dialect Society (1894)
"A person who is overcareful about trifles. ' What a faddle you are!' (2) va or n.
To indulge, humour, pet; to trifle. ' Don't faddle the child so. ..."
4. A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life: Adapted to the State and Condition by William Law (1821)
"This makes her so overcareful of her health, that she never thinks she is well
enough; and so overindulgent, that she never can be really well. ..."
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