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over-general
over-general adj. 
/ˌəʊvəˈdʒɛn(ə)rl̩/,
Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈdʒɛn(ə)rəl/
, /ˌəʊvəˈdʒɛn(ə)rəl//ˌəʊvəˈdʒɛn(ə)rl̩/U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈdʒɛn(ə)rəl/
/ˌoʊvərˈdʒɛn(ə)rəl/ΚΠ
c1475 (c1445) R. Pecock Donet (1921) 23 (MED) Þe teching of meenal vertu were ouer derk and..ouer general and ouer confuse.
1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxv. 158 Either they must reforme their speech as ouer-generall, or els condemne their owne practise as vnlawfull.
1990 N. Baker Room Temperature iv. 22 ‘Sigh’ is misleadingly over-general, and not a good match for the..semivoiced ‘Heem!’ that she actually made.
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- left-hand rule
- left-hand screw
- left-hand side
- left-hand tongue
- left-handed
- left-handed marriage
- left-handed mill
- left-handed rope
- left-handedly
- left-handedness
- left-hander
- left-handiness
- left-justified
- left-justify
- left-lane bandit
- left-lane driver
- left-lane hog
- left-leaning
- left-legged
- left-leggedness
- left-oblique
- left-off
- left-out
- left-sided
- left-sidedness