neurotic

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And he's arguing our current bunch of solutions are "neurotic" - he offered the example of Formula 1 cars when speaking on Start the Week last month.

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  1. adjective Of, relating to, or affected with a neurosis. No longer in scientific use.
  2. adjective Informal Overanxious: neurotic about punctuality.
  3. noun A person suffering from a neurosis. No longer in scientific use.

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  • Leithen thought that neurotic was the last word he would have chosen to describe this wise and resolute woman. —  SICK HEART RIVER
  • And he's arguing our current bunch of solutions are "neurotic" - he offered the example of Formula 1 cars when speaking on Start the Week last month. —  Zerochampion
  • Helene was highly neurotic, and had a husband who suffered from dementia. —  High Low and in Between
  • Gregarious, neurotic, maybe a little guilty of oversharing: —  GreenCine Daily
  • The credit goes to the character of James, who is so ready to start his adult life and finds himself trapped with his semi-neurotic parents (played ably by Wendie Malick and James Gilpin) in his childhood home, even reluctantly reuniting with his childhood - and still childish - pal, Tommy Frigo (Matt Bush).
 

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