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overbearing [ˌəʊvəˈbeərıŋ] ADJ

overseen [ˌəʊvəˈsiːn]

overweight [ˈəʊvəweıt] ADJ

overwhelm [ˌəʊvəˈhwelm] VB trans

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I . overhang <overhung> [ˌəʊvəˈhæŋ] VB trans

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II . overhang <overhung> [ˌəʊvəˈhæŋ] VB intr

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III . overhang <overhung> [ˌəʊvəˈhæŋ] N

overhung [ˌəʊvəˈhʌŋ]

overseer [ˈəʊvəsiːə] N

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For black despair is the very core of overweening arrogance.
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Her intentions were good, but overweening kindness is almost as insulting as people who flinch.
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The political as well as the religious fanatic appeals from the overweening opinion and claims of others to the highest and most impartial tribunal, namely, his own breast...
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The not-so-subtle point about triathletes is the overweening desire to show that they are simply better than everyone else.
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Many a great talent before now has been sabotaged by overweening ambition.
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I am not against cooperation between public institutions and private companys, except when it is with companies with such overweening profit margins.
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It was only in the guise of the ascetic priest that the philosopher was first able to make his appearance without attracting suspicion of his overweening will to power.
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They resent being treated as suspicious individuals by an overweening bureaucracy just because they value trust and privacy.
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Yet she maintains the couple's marital woes were less about money than her husband's overweening devotion to his sport.
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But where do you draw the line between portrait and self-portrait; foreground and background; the unduly retiring and the overweening?
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