Usually means: Excessively cautious to a fault.
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  1. overcareful: Merriam-Webster
  2. overcareful: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. overcareful: Collins English Dictionary
  4. overcareful: Vocabulary.com
  5. overcareful: Wordnik
  6. overcareful: Wiktionary
  7. overcareful: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. Overcareful, overcareful: Dictionary.com
  9. Overcareful: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. overcareful: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. overcareful: Rhymezone
  12. Overcareful: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. overcareful: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  14. overcareful: FreeDictionary.org
  15. overcareful: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. Overcareful: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. overcareful: Legal dictionary

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▸ adjective:  Excessively careful.

Similar:
careful, too-careful, overcautious, envious, overcareless, overconscientious, hypercautious, overfussy, overdiligent, overconcerned, more...

Opposite:
reckless, careless, daring, bold, adventurous

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

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Similar:
careful, too-careful, overcautious, envious, overcareless, overconscientious, hypercautious, overfussy, overdiligent, overconcerned, more...

Opposite:
reckless, careless, daring, bold, adventurous

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



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