overgenerous

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

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

From BBC • Sep. 26, 2018

And then of course there is the commission’s insistence that Apple should repay the €13bn in back taxes that it owes the Irish government because of overgenerous tax breaks provided to the company.

From The Guardian • Jul. 1, 2017

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

The Luthers were never "well-to-do"; sometimes they were so short of money—for Luther was overgenerous in his charities—as to feel the pinch of poverty.

From Harper's Round Table, August 27, 1895 by Various