Definition of overscrupulous in English:

overscrupulous

adjective əʊvəˈskruːpjʊləs

Excessively scrupulous.
life was often too difficult for working-class mothers to be overscrupulous
Example sentencesExamples
- Luther always claimed to have been a good, if somewhat overscrupulous monk, and Lortz found no evidence whatever to doubt his claim.
- But they were blocked by overscrupulous higher-ups who ‘want you to kill the guy, but not the guy next to him,’ as one of his sources in the military put it.
- Maybe little children, like overscrupulous believers, see things that the rest of us do not.
- But Papa and his partner Huna were not always overscrupulous in their business.
- So we now get stories such as that of an army's nighttime panic when the imagination produces non-existent enemies or a theologically significant animal fable about an overscrupulous ass and a self-serving wolf.
Synonyms
scrupulous, precise, exact, over-exacting, perfectionist, precisionist, punctilious, meticulous, fussy, fastidious, finical, finicky

Derivatives

overscrupulousness

noun

The actor's Inspector Javert strikes a fine balance between overscrupulousness, fastidiousness, and menace.
Example sentencesExamples
- Overscrupulousness is born of pride and arrogance rather than true holiness.

单词	overscrupulous
释义	Definition of overscrupulous in English: overscrupulous adjective əʊvəˈskruːpjʊləs Excessively scrupulous. life was often too difficult for working-class mothers to be overscrupulous Example sentencesExamples Luther always claimed to have been a good, if somewhat overscrupulous monk, and Lortz found no evidence whatever to doubt his claim. But they were blocked by overscrupulous higher-ups who ‘want you to kill the guy, but not the guy next to him,’ as one of his sources in the military put it. Maybe little children, like overscrupulous believers, see things that the rest of us do not. But Papa and his partner Huna were not always overscrupulous in their business. So we now get stories such as that of an army's nighttime panic when the imagination produces non-existent enemies or a theologically significant animal fable about an overscrupulous ass and a self-serving wolf. Synonyms scrupulous, precise, exact, over-exacting, perfectionist, precisionist, punctilious, meticulous, fussy, fastidious, finical, finicky Derivatives overscrupulousness noun The actor's Inspector Javert strikes a fine balance between overscrupulousness, fastidiousness, and menace. Example sentencesExamples Overscrupulousness is born of pride and arrogance rather than true holiness.
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