overemphasis
Example Sentences
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An overemphasis on winning risks rewarding the vigilant while exhausting everyone.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026
Listing these catch-up details reveals the introductory episodes’ overemphasis on the situation instead of leaning into the comedy of it all.
From Salon • Oct. 16, 2024
Yet according to a growing body of research, an overemphasis on passion for one’s work can be detrimental in a number of ways.
From New York Times • Aug. 3, 2023
“Our sport has a constant overemphasis of results over experience,” McCoy said.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 18, 2022
He was a big man, of a mingled Slavic and Oriental cast of countenance, and had nothing more awful about him than a tendency to overemphasis.
From The High Heart by King, Basil