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Definition of Overconcerned
1. overconcern [v] - See also: overconcern
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overconcerned
Literary usage of Overconcerned
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1913)
"It is not easy at this date to disprove that Charlotte Bronte was overconcerned
with seeking a husband, or inordinately temperamental. ..."
2. Portraits of the Seventeenth Century, Historic and Literary by Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve (1904)
"Add to these natural imperfections the influence of a superficial and finical
poetic art, about which Corneille overconcerned himself, and you will have the ..."
3. Portraits of the Seventeenth Century, Historic and Literary by Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve (1904)
"Add to these natural imperfections the influence of a superficial and finical
poetic art, about which Corneille overconcerned himself, and you will have the ..."
4. The Struggle for a Democracy in Siberia, 1917-1920: Eyewitness Account of a by Paul Dotsenko (1983)
"And Kolchak himself was not overconcerned about upholding the laws. General AP
Budberg reports that "most of the decisions made in Omsk were in violation of ..."
5. Addresses and Proceedings by National Education Association of the United States, National Teachers' Association (U.S.)., American Normal School Association, Central College Association (1907)
"Nor should the teacher be overconcerned about her pupils acquiring the proper
historical "method." She will have done enough if she teaches successfully—ah, ..."
6. Record of Christian Work edited by Alexander McConnell, William Revell Moody, Arthur Percy Fitt (1908)
"... but feel that sometimes we are too much concerned in our ministry about
the "serving of tables" ; we are overconcerned about our institutionalism. ..."
7. The Modern Conflict Over the Bible: In Synthesis and Comparison by George Wilson McPherson (1918)
"Of course we should not be overconcerned at the above departure. We are so prone
to get man's point of view and not God's point of view, and magnify a mole ..."
8. Getting Off the Hook: Treatment of Drug Addiction and Social Disorders by Jurriaan Plesman (1986)
"(Especially popular with women with a tendency to be overconcerned about the way
they look). "I would hate people to think that I am " "I would hate Mary to ..."
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