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overscrupulous

overscrupulous adjective: excessively scrupulous.

Adjective

overscrupulous (comparative more overscrupulous, superlative most overscrupulous)

  1. Excessively scrupulous.
    • Near-synonym: hyperscrupulous
    Synonyms:
    hyperscrupulous

Synonyms of overscrupulous

Forms of overscrupulous

comparativemore overscrupulous
superlativemost overscrupulous

Origin of overscrupulous

From over- + scrupulous.

Words formed from overscrupulous

Questions about overscrupulous

What does overscrupulous mean?
Overscrupulous means excessively scrupulous.
What part of speech is overscrupulous?
Overscrupulous is an adjective.

Words near overscrupulous in the dictionary

  1. overscrub
  2. overscrubbed
  3. overscrubbing
  4. overscrubs
  5. overscrupulosity
  6. overscrupulous
  7. overscrupulously
  8. overscrupulousness
  9. oversea
  10. overseal
  11. oversealed

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