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- adjective Too
reactive ; tending tooverreact .
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Examples
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Requests that I would almost always define as overreactive and pointless.
Pajiba Christopher Campbell 2010
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He called federal efforts, like those to expand protections for polar bears, "overreactive" and "job killers," comments that drew applause from the audience.
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He called federal efforts, like those to expand protections for polar bears, "overreactive" and "job killers," comments that drew applause from the audience.
Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming RSS Newsfeed 2010
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He called federal efforts, like those to expand protections for polar bears, "overreactive" and "job killers," comments that drew applause from the audience.
The Seattle Times 2010
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So this was strange terrain, and I knew that my own horror at the state of the fish was overreactive, and that my emotional pain on their behalf might well be just plain ridiculous.
Lori Day: When Parenting Your Adult Child Is Like Parenting Yourself: A Story Lori Day 2011
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We've enjoyed watching the ASA take on the fashion world -- even if the group's responses are slightly overreactive -- because, hey, at least they have standards and someone has to take the lead.
Miu Miu Ad Featuring 'Slim Model' Gets The OK In UK (PHOTOS, POLL) 2011
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Clearly, the diet most Americans favor is a far cry from the whole-foods diet that Gerry Mullin and other complementary and alternative-minded physicians believe might help to rebalance an overreactive immune system.
The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2008
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Clearly, the diet most Americans favor is a far cry from the whole-foods diet that Gerry Mullin and other complementary and alternative-minded physicians believe might help to rebalance an overreactive immune system.
The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2008
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Bigger danger: Dismissal by network anchors/talking heads as overreactive, contrived. (e.g. "'Message: I swear.'")
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Bigger danger: Dismissal by network anchors/talking heads as overreactive, contrived. (e.g. "'Message: I swear.'")
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