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How to pronounce overzealous in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms fanatic, fanatical, rabid

Examples of overzealous

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Membership in the euro zone encouraged overzealous investment during good times.
From the nzherald.co.nz
It was lax supervision that permitted her overzealous advocacy to go unchecked.
From the thenewstribune.com
Larry Crowne is a drab, overzealous middle-manager with a hidden inner gentleman.
From the theepochtimes.com
A closer study of their overzealous claims may show that this faith is misplaced.
From the economist.com
Watanabe later acknowledged overzealous growth was behind the quality problems.
From the suntimes.com
He calls himself the victim of an overzealous interpretation of company policy.
From the online.wsj.com
A unique blunder by overzealous investigators trying to crack a narcotics ring?
From the time.com
To his detractors he was unorthodox, ruthless, overzealous, tyrannical and inept.
From the time.com
But what happens when the blogger herself is the victim of overzealous Photoshop?
From the huffingtonpost.com
More examples
  • Fanatic: marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea; "rabid isolationist"
  • Too zealous; too enthusiastic, determined; too fervent
  • (overzealousness) The quality of being too zealous