Meaning of overextreme | Babel Free

Definitions

Too extreme.

Examples

“The first of these is that the thermo-electric lines of many metals are by no means straight lines overextreme ranges of temperature.”

“I am interested in this question⟳. I believe⟳ I am not an overextreme alarmist — not an extremist.”

“In experiment⟳ No. 2 the temperature did not at first rise⟳ so rapidly as in the others, but it shot up rapidly after a time, and reached 250° in about 1¾ hours. In this experiment⟳, the wool was teased out with perhaps overextreme care; in the last⟳ two experiments less care was taken.”

“Similarly, there is no occasion to permit⟳ at this critical time any loss of production through overextreme cautiousness in the interpretation of specifications in those cases where for good practical reasons specifications must allow⟳ for some exercise of judgment, due caution, and care on the part of inspectors.”

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