Overindustrious

Quick meaning: Overindustrious is an adjective meaning Alternative form of over-industrious.

Meaning

Alternative form of over-industrious.

Example Sentences

Instead, he saw himself as running away from an overindustrious past and getting free of any steady employment—getting free to ramble in a way that no black person could safely do.

It may be that there is no time when one could not be doing something for a child or the well-being of the Acme Bolt Company or the local Democratic party; although a wise person will not be overindustrious.

There are lizards and snakes, frogs and crabs, tarantulas and spiders, hornets and beetles, and the greatest nuisance of all is the swarming and overindustrious ant. Overindustrious creatures are always a nuisance.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include over-greedy, over-optimistic, hard-working, over-elaborate, over-reactive, laborsome.

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