overconscientious

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overconscientious
Adjective
  • Though the two had great respect for each other's writing, their styles remained distinct, Fletcher in the spare style of the poet, Simon in her painstaking, conscientious prose.
    arkansasonline.com, arkansasonline.com, 25 Jan. 2025
  • He is known as an elite locker-room presence but has never been a particularly conscientious defender.
    Sam Vecenie, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • On its surface, this disquieting diptych about male anxiety has the feel of, say, an Asghar Farhadi movie, a moral dilemma urging forth a thriller plot.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 25 Jan. 2025
  • Its origins lie in one of the country’s most pivotal reckonings: The effort to redress the legal and moral horrors of chattel slavery.
    Paola Mendoza, TIME, 24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Booker previously served in the United States Army but was removed from the military with a less than honorable discharge after going AWOL in 2017, Fox 2 Detroit reported, citing court documents.
    Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Captain Dellinger of the US Army is an honorable man who only seeks the truth, and whose writing is filled with hope for a better future.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • By launching an adaptive range, Primark positions itself as a leader in ethical, forward-thinking retail.
    Kate Hardcastle, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
  • One giant ethical concern centers on Trump’s majority ownership of the tokens: 80% of the coin’s supply is held by Trump Organization affiliates CIC Digital and Fight Fight Fight LLC — a concentration that appears designed to personally enrich the president.
    Allison Morrow, CNN, 21 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Punching probably is a bit overrated, to be honest.
    Michael Cox, The Athletic, 18 Jan. 2025
  • The bottom line is that deciding whether to start a new business requires an honest assessment of your passion, dedication, and readiness for the journey ahead.
    Melissa Houston, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • In leaving much of his story up to intuition — and taking a climactic turn toward the surreal — Chowdhury crafts a scrupulous slow-burn drama about a kind of obsession that, despite being opaque, comes off as entirely tragic.
    Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Molnar captures the isolation, despair and mind-breaking tedium of early motherhood with scrupulous precision.
    Irina Dumitrescu, The Dial, 27 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • Save your frustration and your fountain of knowledge for those few times when righteous anger is warranted or an explanation is solicited.
    Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 18 Jan. 2025
  • There’s nothing righteous about the fighting in Kursk, where 20,000 Ukrainians are battling 60,000 Russians and North Koreans.
    David Axe, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • This creates a virtuous cycle where higher demand for bitcoin bonds drives greater bitcoin adoption, further bolstering its price and utility.
    Dave Birnbaum, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Breaking this virtuous cycle appears risky and counterproductive, but the trend lines are in this direction.
    Will Knight, WIRED, 15 Jan. 2025
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“Overconscientious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overconscientious. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.

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