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
And so we started one summer morning, some twenty strong, all young, valiant, and not overscrupulous, armed, I need scarcely say, to the teeth, and mounted on the rough but fleet ponies of the country.
From The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 2 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... by George Augustus Sala
Tush—man!" said Sir Hugh; "this is to be overscrupulous.
From William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale by Henry Curling
She had an industrious, scheming, not overscrupulous brain and—her hopes and plans.
From The Fortune Hunter by David Graham Phillips
They found a shrewd and not overscrupulous leader in DeWitt Clinton and an adroit campaign manager in Martin Van Buren.
From Jefferson and His Colleagues; a chronicle of the Virginia dynasty by Allen Johnson
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