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Examples
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Frequently, I witness this over-reactive response from my clients.
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But the XKR can start to feel unsettled and over-reactive in a series of tight corners, as waves of unconstrained pitch and roll motions gather strength and start to overwhelm the suspension.
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Some are over-reactive to touch and sound; some are under-reactive.
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To compare this to an incident where the tower was left virtually untended and suggest passengers could have been put in jeopardy is purely bogus and so typical of an over-reactive and may I say it increasingly nasty society.
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The response to England losing appears to have been typically over-reactive.
No Ashes panic for England – let's praise Pakistan instead 2010
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Only in the context of your original, unwanted attempt at editing and over-reactive, judgmental lecturing.
Meghan McCain: "Sarah Palin is the only part of the campaign that I won’t comment on publicly." Ann Althouse 2009
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Allergic reactions occur when our immune systems are exposed to allergens and then become over-reactive to them.
Attention Edina, MN: Potential Scam Warning Steve Carper 2007
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Allergic reactions occur when our immune systems are exposed to allergens and then become over-reactive to them.
Archive 2007-05-01 Steve Carper 2007
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One person in line shouted "That's against the law", which seemed a bit over-reactive.
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It is very difficult to believe that anyone in this country -- police or citizen -- wants to again see the government unleash the over-reactive, repressive and violent tactics of the 1960's to squelch domestic dissent.
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