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over-severe
over-severe adj.
Brit. 
/ˌəʊvəsᵻˈvɪə/
, /ˌəʊvəsᵻˈvɪə/U.S. /ˌoʊvərsəˈvɪ(ə)r/
/ˌoʊvərsəˈvɪ(ə)r/ΘΚΠ
society > authority > strictness > [adjective] > severe or stern > excessively severe
overhardc1390
oversharpa1500
over-severe1586
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > harshness or severity > [adjective] > excessively
overhardc1390
oversharpa1500
over-severe1586
over-harsha1633
1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 593 It falleth out so, that an ouer-seuere Magistrate becommeth odious.
1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet in Waverley Novels II. 43 I must not put their patience to an over severe trial.
1988 Econ. Jrnl. 98 691 This is an asymptotic test uncorrected for degrees of freedom, so it is probably somewhat over-severe given the rather small sample.
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