overeagerness

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noun

The quality of being overeager; excessive readiness or enthusiasm.

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Meanings

nounovereagerness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe quality of being overeager; excessive readiness or enthusiasm.

    In her review of Christopher Benfey’s “Summer of Hummingbirds” (May 4), Laura Miller characterizes Benfey as having “a conspiracy theorist’s overeagerness in spying out connections.”

    2008 May 25, “Circumstantial Evidence”, in New York Times

Origin

From overeager + -ness.

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APA

overeagerness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overeagerness

MLA

“overeagerness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overeagerness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overeagerness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overeagerness.

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