Definition of "overearnest" [o•ver•ear•nest]

• Excessively earnest (adjective)

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• "At times, Saldaña is grandiose, overearnest — "melodramatic," one reviewer said — the inevitable consequence of youth."
• "The trouble is that the world is already full of overearnest creatures who believe that great art can do nothing else."
• "But regarding weight loss surgery and psychology — many people who do it did not really enjoy eating; they are not Paul Prudhomme, who got to 500 pounds by an honest if overearnest love of food."