overconscientious

Example Sentences

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So many children raised by deadly serious and overconscientious parents have had humor programmed out.

From Time Magazine Archive

So he put a strong check upon his inclination to see the young woman, and, overconscientious as he was so likely to be, began almost to avoid her.

From Fair Harbor by Lincoln, Joseph Crosby

Especially is this true of the overæsthetic, overconscientious types described in Chapter III.

From The Nervous Housewife by Myerson, Abraham

The Lensmand was no tyrant, but shallow, and not overconscientious.

From Growth of the Soil by Hamsun, Knut

The overconscientious syphilitic hardly realizes that the real horrors of the disease are usually the rewards of indifference rather than overanxiety.

From The Third Great Plague A Discussion of Syphilis for Everyday People by Stokes, John H. (John Hinchman)