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Main Entry:
o·ver·ween·ing  [oh-ver-wee-ning]
Part of Speech:
Main Entry: overweening
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  • But for all of my overweening rationality, my world remained a dark, forbidding place beyond my control.
  • But there were some oddities and curious omissions and overweening pretensions, too.
  • Perhaps overweening vanity has run its course for the moment.
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