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单词 overexact
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Definition of overexact in English:

overexact

adjectiveəʊv(ə)rɪɡˈzaktˌōvəriɡˈzakt
  • Excessively accurate and careful about minor details.

    you do not need to be overexact in calculating your submission date
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Perhaps these writers were unburdened by ''overexact'' technical knowledge.
    • All over-exact people are unpleasant company.
    • I am not very proud of this translation, for even in its vagueness it is overexact.
    • It can be just as misleading to be overexact, by insisting on distinctions finer than the context makes necessary, as to be careless.
    • Here the narrator creates a logical chain that is not only grammatically excessive but comically overexact.
    Synonyms
    critical, censorious, carping, captious, cavilling, quibbling, niggling
 
 

Definition of overexact in US English:

overexact

adjectiveˌōvəriɡˈzakt
  • Excessively accurate and careful about minor details.

    you do not need to be overexact in calculating your submission date
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I am not very proud of this translation, for even in its vagueness it is overexact.
    • All over-exact people are unpleasant company.
    • It can be just as misleading to be overexact, by insisting on distinctions finer than the context makes necessary, as to be careless.
    • Perhaps these writers were unburdened by ''overexact'' technical knowledge.
    • Here the narrator creates a logical chain that is not only grammatically excessive but comically overexact.
    Synonyms
    critical, censorious, carping, captious, cavilling, quibbling, niggling
 
 
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