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
But law, though merciless and probably not overscrupulous in the investigation of crime, did not satisfy the popular passions, which had been let loose by these wide and general accusations.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 06 (From Barbarossa to Dante) by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne
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
He was quite irresponsible, and apparently not overscrupulous in either contracting debts or the use of the property of others.
From Two Thousand Miles on an Automobile Being a Desultory Narrative of a Trip Through New England, New York, Canada, and the West, By "Chauffeur" by Arthur Jerome Eddy
Women, then as now, ready to sacrifice themselves, are less ready to permit those dear to them to be overscrupulous.
From The Life and Times of John Wilkins Warden of Wadham college, Oxford; master of Trinity college, Cambridge; and Bishop of Chester by P. A. (Patrick Arkley) Wright Henderson
