overscrupulous

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Most men would aver that he was overscrupulous, a man often rendered impotent by the severity of his own dedication.

From Time Magazine Archive

The timorous and overscrupulous women were the women who missed their footing, because, when they made a false step, they made it in fear and trembling, with the shadow of regret always dogging their heels.

From In the Wilderness by Hichens, Robert Smythe

Women, then as now, ready to sacrifice themselves, are less ready to permit those dear to them to be overscrupulous.

From The Life and Times of John Wilkins Warden of Wadham college, Oxford; master of Trinity college, Cambridge; and Bishop of Chester by Wright Henderson, P. A. (Patrick Arkley)

Well, you must forgive me if I have seemed overscrupulous.

From Vendetta: a story of one forgotten by Corelli, Marie

She had an industrious, scheming, not overscrupulous brain and—her hopes and plans.

From The Fortune Hunter by Phillips, David Graham