overcareful


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overcareful

(ˌəʊvəˈkɛəfʊl)
adj
excessively careful
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Adj. 1. [画像:overcareful - excessively or unduly careful]overcareful - excessively or unduly careful
careful - exercising caution or showing care or attention; "they were careful when crossing the busy street"; "be careful to keep her shoes clean"; "did very careful research"; "careful art restorers"; "careful of the rights of others"; "careful about one's behavior"
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overcareful

a. demasiado cuidadoso-a,
pop. puntilloso-a.
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She was not a woman of strong understanding or any quickness; and with this resemblance of her father, she inherited also much of his constitution; was delicate in her own health, overcareful of that of her children, had many fears and many nerves, and was as fond of her own Mr.
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Sadio Mane's thirdminute goal was just what we needed to steady nerves, but it seemed to have the opposite effect as the passing became predictable and overcareful.
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The translations are respectable, if overcareful for this reader's taste; the editors catch Agricola's precision but not his elegance, making the English prose quite leaden.
Rudolph Agricola. Letters (MR 216)

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