overconscientious

Definition of overconscientiousnext

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overconscientious
Adjective
  • Cap Rocat also aims to preserve and strengthen the natural and social environment through a conscientious selection of suppliers engaged in sustainable fishing and organic and zero-kilometer products.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
  • This is considered a bit of an invasive plant, but conscientious gardeners can remove or till under unwanted seedlings.
    Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 May 2026
Adjective
  • Like the traditions of so many Indigenous cultures around the world, European fairy tales, taken together, provide us with insight into every level of those interconnected stories, and remind us of the moral codes that allow all of us—human, other-than-human, planet—to flourish.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 June 2026
  • To stay or to leave, goes the modern moral dilemma.
    CNT Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
Adjective
  • Deputy Public Defender Carlos Bido said in court that Perry is retired and received an honorable discharge from the military.
    James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2026
  • Congratulations to the honorable so-and-so.
    Rafael Perez, Daily News, 25 May 2026
Adjective
  • Some oppose hunting apex predators on ethical grounds, regardless of whether populations are considered healthy and sustainably managed.
    Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 June 2026
  • Both companies have long been esteemed for their practices in ethical aquaculture.
    Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 3 June 2026
Adjective
  • The most honest conclusion may also be the most sobering one.
    James Broughel, Forbes.com, 6 June 2026
  • After Sinner left the court during his second-round loss to Juan Manuel Cerundolo, Evert said tennis has to be honest about two things at once.
    Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 June 2026
Adjective
  • Emery is a stickler for detail, but players accepted that more important games require even more scrupulous preparation.
    Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 21 May 2026
  • But less scrupulous institutions address that by focusing their instruction strictly on the knowledge needed to pass the test — not the skills needed for actual patient care.
    South Florida Sun Sentinel, Sun Sentinel, 20 May 2026
Adjective
  • What stood out to me while reading both articles is that both sportsmen are righteous, grateful people who honor their parents in meaningful ways.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2026
  • Although the film pleasingly goes full Latin-American Peckinpah — yet with a far more convincing and righteous anti-colonial streak — threaded throughout are dreamlike interludes and flashbacks that provide generational historical context to the events and intensify the atmosphere.
    David Katz, IndieWire, 20 May 2026
Adjective
  • Levenson highlights how the subtext of this attitude was that contracting a highly infectious disease was divine punishment for sin and that the only way to avoid disease was to live a virtuous life.
    Diana Gitig, ArsTechnica, 30 May 2026
  • The good news is that because character comprises a set of virtuous habits, it can be developed and strengthened.
    Mary Crossan, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
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“Overconscientious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overconscientious. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.

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