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- noun The quality of being too
zealous
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Examples
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While its stated mission has been to support the nation's gun laws to prevent criminals and mentally incompetent people from acquiring firearms, the BATF has a history of what might kindly be termed "overzealousness."
Richard Feldman: Gun Rights & Marijuana Reform -- Issues Joined! Richard Feldman 2011
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But Penry, the minority leader in the State Senate, said was troubled by what called overzealousness in the civil-unions debate on the part of some advocates and opponents.
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Jewell was annoyed that press descriptions of him always emphasized his "overzealousness"; he considers himself a man of details.
American Nightmare: The Ballad of Richard Jewell Brenner, Marie 1997
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With 19 convicted pirates languishing in Kenyan prisons and another 99 still to be convicted, the AG said the penal institutions are taking an extra toll with no compensation for Kenya's "overzealousness" to fulfill its international obligations.
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This isn't about "overzealousness": it's about enforcing the law.
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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 2009
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"overzealousness" in allowing the flow of water runoffs from developments to the east onto the golf course fairways.
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"overzealousness" in allowing the flow of water runoffs from developments to the east onto the golf course fairways.
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One reason that injury can occur in yoga is due to overzealousness, or even just plain enthusiasm, on the part of the student -- I have of course experienced this myself -- it is a natural response for a particular type of person when it comes to any activity that has physicality associated with it -- no matter what a teacher may caution.
Eddie Stern: Sheetal Is a Punk Rocker, or How the NYT Wrecks Yoga Eddie Stern 2012
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One reason that injury can occur in yoga is due to overzealousness, or even just plain enthusiasm, on the part of the student -- I have of course experienced this myself -- it is a natural response for a particular type of person when it comes to any activity that has physicality associated with it -- no matter what a teacher may caution.
Eddie Stern: Sheetal Is a Punk Rocker, or How the NYT Wrecks Yoga Eddie Stern 2012
bilby commented on the word overzealousness
Enthusiasm for flying across Aotearoa.
November 23, 2008