Over-zealous
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Over-zealous is an adjective meaning Alternative spelling of overzealous.
Meaning
Alternative spelling of overzealous.
Example Sentences
By the 11th, however, feeling between the rival companies had penetrated down to the "lower ranks," for on that day some over-zealous officials of the Midland caused the Lancashire & Yorkshire metals to be pulled up at Methley Junction.
Long afterward I learned that I was shadowed for six months by Secret Service men in the fear that I might be assaulted by some over-zealous union man. Of this I was not aware at the time, or I should have taken steps to have prevented it.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include overzealous, over-just, overenamoured, overenthusiastic, over-assured, overwilling.
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