Overzealous
adjective
Too eager or excited about doing something.
The new employee was overzealous in his tasks, often working late into the night to finish them.
Often appears as...
- overzealous fan
- overzealous police
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Disapproving
adjective
Too eager or excited about doing something.
The new employee was overzealous in his tasks, often working late into the night to finish them.
Often appears as...
- overzealous fan
- overzealous police
Usage tips
Disapproving
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Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Suggests excessive behavior or effort beyond what is reasonable or appropriate.
His overzealous approach caused tension in the team.
Pro Tip 2/3Excess Energy
Implies more energy or enthusiasm than necessary, can be overwhelming.
The overzealous cheering of the crowd made the players anxious.
Pro Tip 3/3Potential Negative Impact
Use implies possible negative side effects of being excessively eager.
Her overzealous cleaning stripped the finish from the wood.
Compare with
exaggerateextremefanaticalimmoderateintenseobsessivepassionateradicalisation
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Standing. A little bit overzealous. A bit too pushy. Sure enough, Spot soon gets his strength back. Ah-ah-ah-ah.
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is just for overzealous second-generation Americans like me. But actually, it is for anyone, anywhere, who wants to kindle the bonds of trust, affection and joint action needed to govern ourselves in freedom.
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Safari Live - Day 42 PIPE...
overzealous speeding and as I've said to you of course that's the M as I've said to you before I didn't think that I'd ever find the day where I was going to
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Feisty Tiger Cubs Play...
Standing. A little bit overzealous. A bit too pushy. Sure enough, Spot soon gets his strength back. Ah-ah-ah-ah.
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Andrew Ross Sorkin
American Journalist
Debt, we've learned, is the match that lights the fire of every crisis. Every crisis has its own set of villains - pick your favorite: bankers, regulators, central bankers, politicians, overzealous consumers, credit rating agencies - but all require one similar ingredient to create a true crisis: too much leverage.
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Larry Bird
American Coach
While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use, he who has learned to trust nature finds need for ever fewer external directions. He will discard formula after formula, until he reaches the conclusion: Let nature take its course.
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Chris Frantz
American Musician
We get these overzealous young men and their girlfriends. It's happened occasionally where one of them will lean up against the front of the stage and the guy is behind her, and it starts off as just dancing and then it gets into something more.
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Borns
American Musician
It's very easy in the studio to get overzealous with your vocal takes, thinking, 'Oh yeah, I can do it over and over. I can sing at the top of my range for this whole song.' But when you're doing it every night on the road, it's pretty intense.
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Elayne Boosler
American Comedian
I personally cannot tell you how many times we rescuers put our names on animals to come to us as soon as they are eligible for release, only to find they have been senselessly killed by overzealous pound workers.
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Patrick deWitt
Canadian Novelist
Many's the dead author whose body of work has been marred by overzealous publishers or family members. If this happens to me, I vow to seek out the responsible parties and haunt them to the point of death.
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Jennifer Granholm
American Politician
Voter suppression laws, overzealous filibuster use, you name it - the Republicans use every tactic they can to stop our democracy from actually selecting the person with the most support.
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David A. Bednar
American Clergyman
Disciples who are steadfast and immovable do not become fanatics or extremists, are not overzealous, and are not preoccupied with misguided gospel hobbies.
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Edwin Edwards
American Politician
People say I've had brushes with the law. That's not true. I've had brushes with overzealous prosecutors.
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Neil Bush
American Businessman
I'm not going to be bullied by an overzealous agency of the United States government.
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Andrew Ross Sorkin
American Journalist
Debt, we've learned, is the match that lights the fire of every crisis. Every crisis has its own set of villains - pick your favorite: bankers, regulators, central bankers, politicians, overzealous consumers, credit rating agencies - but all require one similar ingredient to create a true crisis: too much leverage.
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Larry Bird
American Coach
While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use, he who has learned to trust nature finds need for ever fewer external directions. He will discard formula after formula, until he reaches the conclusion: Let nature take its course.
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Chris Frantz
American Musician
We get these overzealous young men and their girlfriends. It's happened occasionally where one of them will lean up against the front of the stage and the guy is behind her, and it starts off as just dancing and then it gets into something more.
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Borns
American Musician
It's very easy in the studio to get overzealous with your vocal takes, thinking, 'Oh yeah, I can do it over and over. I can sing at the top of my range for this whole song.' But when you're doing it every night on the road, it's pretty intense.
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Elayne Boosler
American Comedian
I personally cannot tell you how many times we rescuers put our names on animals to come to us as soon as they are eligible for release, only to find they have been senselessly killed by overzealous pound workers.
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Patrick deWitt
Canadian Novelist
Many's the dead author whose body of work has been marred by overzealous publishers or family members. If this happens to me, I vow to seek out the responsible parties and haunt them to the point of death.
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Jennifer Granholm
American Politician
Voter suppression laws, overzealous filibuster use, you name it - the Republicans use every tactic they can to stop our democracy from actually selecting the person with the most support.
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David A. Bednar
American Clergyman
Disciples who are steadfast and immovable do not become fanatics or extremists, are not overzealous, and are not preoccupied with misguided gospel hobbies.
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Edwin Edwards
American Politician
People say I've had brushes with the law. That's not true. I've had brushes with overzealous prosecutors.
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Neil Bush
American Businessman
I'm not going to be bullied by an overzealous agency of the United States government.
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