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Definition of overgenerous in English: overgenerousadjectiveəʊvəˈdʒɛn(ə)rəsˌoʊvərˈdʒɛn(ə)rəs Excessively generous. she was not overgenerous with praise Example sentencesExamples - Having being overgenerous in its first table of standard values, the ministry has now swung the other way and the new rates represent a pretty unattractive underpinning of the market.
- Continental nations, beset by deep structural problems arising out of their overgenerous welfare states, look enviously at Britain's relatively high economic growth, low unemployment, and rising standard of living.
- The problem is that the system is overgenerous in paying for unnecessarily specialized health care and drugs for a notoriously hypochondriac nation (especially the middle classes).
- Positive assessments of professional behaviour are reported more extensively than negative ones, leading to overgenerous evaluations.
- It may also be worth making IE's page margins narrower, as they can sometimes be overgenerous.
Synonyms generous, magnanimous, open-handed, unsparing, unstinting, ungrudging, lavish, free, munificent, bountiful, beneficent, benevolent, big-hearted, kind-hearted, kind, philanthropic, charitable, altruistic, unselfish
Derivatives noun However, the combination of falling markets and overgenerosity with past returns has meant that some of these ratcheted returns are now unsustainable.
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Definition of overgenerous in US English: overgenerousadjectiveˌōvərˈjen(ə)rəsˌoʊvərˈdʒɛn(ə)rəs Excessively generous. she was not overgenerous with praise Example sentencesExamples - It may also be worth making IE's page margins narrower, as they can sometimes be overgenerous.
- Positive assessments of professional behaviour are reported more extensively than negative ones, leading to overgenerous evaluations.
- Continental nations, beset by deep structural problems arising out of their overgenerous welfare states, look enviously at Britain's relatively high economic growth, low unemployment, and rising standard of living.
- The problem is that the system is overgenerous in paying for unnecessarily specialized health care and drugs for a notoriously hypochondriac nation (especially the middle classes).
- Having being overgenerous in its first table of standard values, the ministry has now swung the other way and the new rates represent a pretty unattractive underpinning of the market.
Synonyms generous, magnanimous, open-handed, unsparing, unstinting, ungrudging, lavish, free, munificent, bountiful, beneficent, benevolent, big-hearted, kind-hearted, kind, philanthropic, charitable, altruistic, unselfish |