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
"We will rout these fancies of an overscrupulous generosity, my dear Lady Busshe."
From The Egoist by George Meredith
Each of us had to show an alert and not overscrupulous self-reliance in order to obtain food for his men, provender for his horses, or transportation of any kind for any object.
From Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography by Theodore Roosevelt
True, his eulogists admitted then, as they admit now, Vanderbilt was not overscrupulous in getting property that he wanted.
From Great Fortunes from Railroads by Gustavus Myers
I don't like to see you letting success and—and all the rest of it pass you by, when other men, not so overscrupulous, do succeed.
From Thankful's Inheritance by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
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