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overgenerous
" There are few words in the music business or in art that I'll say people or some writers are overgenerous with words like 'legend' or 'genius', 'he's a pioneer' and all of that."
Stanley Clarke

Meaning of "overgenerous" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF OVERGENEROUS

ˌəʊvəˈdʒɛnərəs


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OVERGENEROUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Overgenerous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES OVERGENEROUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of overgenerous in the English dictionary

The definition of overgenerous in the dictionary is excessively willing and liberal in giving away one's time, money, etc.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OVERGENEROUS

adventurous · Carreras · congenerous · dangerous · facinorous · generous · glamorous · glamourous · Honduras · humorous · Icarus · Lazarus · numerous · onerous · phosphorus · prosperous · rigorous · ungenerous · uterus · vigorous

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OVERGENEROUS

overgang · overgarment · overgear · overgeneralise · overgeneralize · overgenerosity · overgenerously · overget · overgild · overgird · overgive · overglad · overglamorise · overglamorize · overglance · overglaze · overgloom · overgo · overgoad · overgoing

WORDS THAT END LIKE OVERGENEROUS

adulterous · boisterous · cadaverous · cancerous · coniferous · cruciferous · lecherous · metalliferous · murderous · noncancerous · obstreperous · odoriferous · porous · preposterous · seminiferous · serous · slanderous · splendiferous · thunderous · treacherous · tuberous

Synonyms and antonyms of overgenerous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «overgenerous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OVERGENEROUS

Find out the translation of overgenerous to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of overgenerous from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «overgenerous» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

过分慷慨
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

overgenerous
570 millions of speakers
en

English

overgenerous
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

overgenerous
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

overgenerous
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

overgenerous
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

generoso demais
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

overgenerous
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

trop généreux
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Berlebihan
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

overgenerous
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

寛大過ぎる
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

overgenerous
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Overgenerous
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

overgenerous
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

overgenerous
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

अधोरेखित
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

overgenerous
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

overgenerous
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

overgenerous
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

overgenerous
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

prea generos
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

γενναιόδωρων
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

buitensporige
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

overgenerous
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

overgenerous
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERGENEROUS»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about overgenerous

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QUOTES WITH «OVERGENEROUS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word overgenerous.
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Stanley Clarke
There are few words in the music business or in art that I'll say people or some writers are overgenerous with words like 'legend' or 'genius', 'he's a pioneer' and all of that.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OVERGENEROUS»

Discover the use of overgenerous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to overgenerous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Economics Versus Human Rights
Itissaidthat overgenerous benefits, like high replacement ratiosand long duration of benefits, can reduce both theintensityofjob search and geographical mobility, and so beacause ofunemployment (Borjas 2005; Shackleton 1998). Reducing ...
Manuel Couret Branco, 2008
2
America in the Gilded Age: Third Edition
overgenerous. campaign. contributions by big business to Republican coffers, sometimes laundered through Mexican banks, once again roused cries of anger about the overly close relationship between government and business. In 1986 ...
Sean Dennis Cashman, 1993
3
Inference to the Best Explanation
epistemically overgenerous, it is not clearly overgenerous in this way. Scientists do, for example, compare the likelihood of the existence and nonexistence of entities, causes and processes. So theskepticwould oweussomeargument for ...
Peter Lipton, 2003
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The Aging: A Guide to Public Policy
The system has come under constant attack as being overgenerous and excessively costly. The overgenerous indictment is caused by two features: the time required in the service — only twenty years — and the sizable amount of the annuity.
Bennett M. Rich, Martha Baum, 1985
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The Law & Society Reader
overgenerous awards. When a claimant is overly assertive, the relative non- assertiveness of the insurance company may produce an overgenerous payment . This passivity by the insurance company comes directly from the system of ...
Richard L. Abel, 1995
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The Interface of Social and Clinical Psychology: Key Readings
This self-report instrument is based on Leary's(1957)circumplex model of interpersonal behavior, and it provides scores reflecting eight types of social responding: managerial-autocratic, responsible-overgenerous. cooperative- friendly, ...
Robin M. Kowalski, Mark R. Leary, 2004
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Independence, Propertylessness, and Basic Income: A Theory ...
Dissenters might not do their duties (violating x) or they will demand overgenerous rewards for doing them (violating z ). However, presumably everyone receives similar rewards for similar duties, implying that overgenerousness won't cause a ...
Karl Widerquist, 2013
8
Dreaming the Rational City: The Myth of American City Planning
Thus the Sanitary Commission erected itself as a mediator between the overgenerous charity of the people and the army, for it was believed that this instinct of benevolence if left uncontrolled would wreck the army and then the state.
M. Christine Boyer, 1986
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Modern Actuarial Theory and Practice, Second Edition
Claim advice delays can be decades and, whilst it is imperative to ensure that genuine claims are paid, a proprietary company cannot be overgenerous with claim settlement, since it might need to recover money from its reinsurers, who could ...
Philip Booth, Robert Chadburn, Steven Haberman, 2004
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Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight ...
I could not, though, go back to that chair without saying that my sense of distinction in Dartrnouth's honorary doctorate, in the overgenerous— extravagantly overgenerous remarks of your president in awarding me that doctorate, in the present ...
Eisenhower, Dwight D., 1960

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OVERGENEROUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term overgenerous is used in the context of the following news items.
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Editorial: Thwaites right to close schools
There is also the matter of the overgenerous and unaffordable leave entitlements enjoyed by teachers, which take big bites out of the education ... «Jamaica Gleaner, Jul 15»
2
The Prisoner's Dilemma and The Evolution of Morality
In recent work on group selection it has been found, again using computer modelling, that although being overgenerous does decrease your chances of survival ... «Philosophy Now, Jul 15»
3
Free Lunch: Europe's fiscal union envy is misguided
It was not bailed out, but bailed in, as the jargon has it: the banking operations were transferred to JPMorgan (perhaps on overgenerous terms), ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»
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Alexander Siddig on being Bashir, quitting 24, and getting saddle …
I got to sit next to him over breakfast, and he would talk to me in his big, expansive Indian accent, and he was just overgenerous, offering me tea ... «A.V. Club, Jul 15»
5
Rain falls again after long drought
The earth could not absorb this overgenerous portion of water. The kids looked cautiously my way as they stretched out small fingers to test the ... «Leader and Times, Jul 15»
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Smug MPs need to stop the hand-wringing and take a pay rise
... MPs' pay by successive governments that led directly to an overgenerous, opaque and easily-exploited expenses regime as compensation. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
7
A consensus for prosperity
Just as superannuation tax concessions for the highest-paid are overgenerous, so a genuine root-and-branch tax reform would likely raise ... «The Australian Financial Review, Jul 15»
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Tsipras' brinkmanship will lead to his own demise
Politicians and commentators in Taiwan have been pointing out the similarities with Taiwan and Greece, in particular their overgenerous public ... «China Post, Jul 15»
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In or out of the euro, Greece needs our solidarity
... “The functioning of the Eurosystem can be disturbed by Emergency Liquidity Assistance granted under overgenerous conditions, which could ... «Green Left Weekly, Jul 15»
10
The blacklash against green energy is bad for Britain
They inherited overgenerous “feed-in tariffs” for rooftop solar power from Ed Miliband, who ran the department before them; Greg Barker, the ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
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