overscrupulous
Example Sentences
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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
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Each of us had to show an alert and not overscrupulous self-reliance in order to obtain food for his men, provender for his horses, or transportation of any kind for any object.
From Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography by Roosevelt, Theodore
Mary was almost overscrupulous about not allowing them to disturb the two, who were supposed to be giving all their time and effort to language study.
From Have We No Rights? A frank discussion of the "rights" of missionaries by Williamson, Mabel
She had an industrious, scheming, not overscrupulous brain and—her hopes and plans.
From The Fortune Hunter by Phillips, David Graham
Well, you must forgive me if I have seemed overscrupulous.
From Vendetta: a story of one forgotten by Corelli, Marie
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.