Usually means: Excessively meticulous or careful behavior.
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  1. overscrupulous: Merriam-Webster
  2. overscrupulous: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. overscrupulous: Collins English Dictionary
  4. overscrupulous: Wordnik
  5. overscrupulous: Wiktionary
  6. overscrupulous: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. Overscrupulous, overscrupulous: Dictionary.com
  8. Overscrupulous: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. overscrupulous: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  10. Overscrupulous: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. overscrupulous: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  12. overscrupulous: FreeDictionary.org
  13. Overscrupulous: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adjective:  Excessively scrupulous.

Similar:
hyperscrupulous, overexact, overjudicious, overconscientious, overcaptious, overcareful, overthrifty, overpious, overcunning, overpunctilious, more...

Types:
fussy, particular, picky, choosy, meticulous, scrupulous, more...

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Similar:
hyperscrupulous, overexact, overjudicious, overconscientious, overcaptious, overcareful, overthrifty, overpious, overcunning, overpunctilious, more...

Types:
fussy, particular, picky, choosy, meticulous, scrupulous, more...



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