overeager
adjective
over·ea·ger
ˌō-vər-ˈē-gər 
: excessively eager
an overeager look in her eyes
… overeager young fans offered him anything they could find to autograph …—
Joe Coscarelli
Joe CoscarelliDuring the Gold Rush, overeager miners actually dug up city streets in search of placer gold deposits.—Lora J. Finnegan
Lora J. Finnegan
overeagerly
adverb
… its forthright portrait of a needy man, overeagerly pushing for his chance of happiness …
—Mark Shenton
Mark Shenton
overeagerness
noun
What troubles me is the overeagerness to weigh in with the male side of every women's issue …
—Letty Cottin Pogrebin
Letty Cottin Pogrebin
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Macron has often been overeager to be seen as the personification of the republic.
—Justin E. H. Smith, Foreign Affairs, 4 Nov. 2020
Internationally, the pushback against a seemingly overeager South Korean embrace of North Korean demands came from Vice President Mike Pence, who as the leader of the U.S. delegation sought to counter North Korea’s charm offensive with his own propaganda campaign.
—Scott Snyder, Foreign Affairs, 23 Feb. 2018
Yet the anxious, overeager French struggled to solve a U.S. team content to crowd its penalty area, lining up as many as six players along its back line.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2024
As any European will tell you, presumably from under a funny hat and through a cloud of cigarette smoke, the U.S. squad is often overeager, overconfident and overmatched—a trifecta of traits that can be used to describe an awful lot of us.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 28 June 2024
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Justin E. H. Smith, Foreign Affairs, 4 Nov. 2020
Internationally, the pushback against a seemingly overeager South Korean embrace of North Korean demands came from Vice President Mike Pence, who as the leader of the U.S. delegation sought to counter North Korea’s charm offensive with his own propaganda campaign.
—Scott Snyder, Foreign Affairs, 23 Feb. 2018
Yet the anxious, overeager French struggled to solve a U.S. team content to crowd its penalty area, lining up as many as six players along its back line.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2024
As any European will tell you, presumably from under a funny hat and through a cloud of cigarette smoke, the U.S. squad is often overeager, overconfident and overmatched—a trifecta of traits that can be used to describe an awful lot of us.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 28 June 2024
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“Overeager.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overeager. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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