Overinvolved

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Excessively involved.

    "A young couple’s marriage is threatened when the husband, a social worker, becomes overinvolved with a disturbed client in this well-written novel, Gaige’s second."

Example

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"A young couple’s marriage is threatened when the husband, a social worker, becomes overinvolved with a disturbed client in this well-written novel, Gaige’s second."

Etymology

From over- + involved.

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