overgenerous

Example Sentences

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Tea with an overgenerous splash of milk, if you want to talk beverages.

From The Guardian • Apr. 13, 2019

But an overgenerous offer of fuel subsidies meant it could cost taxpayers an extra £490m.

From BBC • Sep. 26, 2018

Rouvali combed through the pages of the First for new discoveries, something potent in the timpani or bird-like in the flute or overgenerous in the horns.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2016

Companies need to put more effort into guarding the guards—training them in how to conduct reviews and holding them accountable if they are overgenerous or otherwise sloppy.

From Economist • Feb. 16, 2016

Few schools can boast of overgenerous appropriations; many not infrequently have failed to receive all that has been asked for, and have thus often been prevented from doing their best work.

From The Deaf Their Position in Society and the Provision for Their Education in the United States by Best, Harry