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overzealousness

overzealousness noun: the quality of being too zealous.

Noun

overzealousness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being too zealous
    • Many Gazans scorn Fatah as corrupt and incompetent, and they dislike Hamas's overzealousness and repression.2009 January 8, Nicholas D. Kristof, “The Gaza Boomerang”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 09 Nov 2020

Origin of overzealousness

From overzealous + -ness.

Questions about overzealousness

What does overzealousness mean?
Overzealousness means the quality of being too zealous.
What part of speech is overzealousness?
Overzealousness is a noun.

Words near overzealousness in the dictionary

  1. overyouthful
  2. Overys
  3. overzeal
  4. overzealous
  5. overzealously
  6. overzealousness
  7. ovest
  8. OVF
  9. OVFST
  10. ovhd
  11. ovhds

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