overgenerous in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for overgenerous in the English»French Dictionary

overgenerous [Brit əʊvəˈdʒɛn(ə)rəs, Am ˌoʊvərˈdʒɛn(ə)rəs] ADJ

overgenerous

trop généreux/-euse (with avec)

overgenerous amount, dose

excessif/-ive

Translations for overgenerous in the French»English Dictionary

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sans générosité excessive

without being overgenerous ou unduly generous

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English

The botched scheme had a lack of cost controls and overgenerous incentives resulted in a situation where the more users of green energy burned, the more they earned in subsidies.

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Today the inscription is often regarded as an overgenerous fraternal tribute.

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However, overgenerous offers of fuel subsidies and a lack of cost controls meant the scheme overspent by hundreds of millions of pounds.

www.bbc.co.uk

This structural shortfall is not the result of overgenerous social services or the excessive wages of unionized employees.

www.socialistproject.ca

It is often overgenerous to the bosses, and its tactics are sometimes confused.

www.telegraph.co.uk

The kindest thing one can say about the policy is that it constituted an overgenerous subsidy to an infant industry.

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This should, in theory, increase the reliability overall because it reduces the chance of any paper being marked by an overgenerous, or overly mean, marker.

theconversation.com

The rightwing intuition is tough love, based on the theory that overgenerous unemployment support merely incentivises people to sit on the sidelines of the labour market until they become unemployable.

www.ft.com

Calling them documentaries is perhaps a little overgenerous.

entertainment.ie

If you're working up a sweat in the gym but still not managing to lose weight, then overgenerous post-workout treats could be to blame.

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