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

"Dirty fuel, the overemphasis on external markers of achievement," she says, "over time is going to clog up your kid's engine."

From Salon • Aug. 26, 2023

But she believes that an overemphasis on identity groups and a tendency to reduce people to “victim or villain” can strip agency from and alienate everyone — including employees of color.

From New York Times • May 13, 2023

“Our sport has a constant overemphasis of results over experience,” McCoy said.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 18, 2022

It is a manner full of exaggeration and overemphasis, but with some remarkable rhetorical qualities and a good deal of colour. 

From Reviews by Wilde, Oscar