overeager
adjective
over·ea·ger
ˌō-vər-ˈē-gər 
: excessively eager
an overeager look in her eyes
… overeager young fans offered him anything they could find to autograph …—
Joe Coscarelli
Joe CoscarelliDuring the Gold Rush, overeager miners actually dug up city streets in search of placer gold deposits.—Lora J. Finnegan
Lora J. Finnegan
overeagerly
adverb
… its forthright portrait of a needy man, overeagerly pushing for his chance of happiness …
—Mark Shenton
Mark Shenton
overeagerness
noun
What troubles me is the overeagerness to weigh in with the male side of every women's issue …
—Letty Cottin Pogrebin
Letty Cottin Pogrebin
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Earlier this year, OpenAI rolled back an update to ChatGPT after the bot became weirdly overeager to please its users, complimenting even the most comically bad or dangerous ideas.
—Damon Beres, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2025
As Conrad’s father, Calvin is warm and overeager, desperate to see his remaining son move through his grief.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
After nabbing a backstage invite to Oliver’s show later that night, the film sets an engrossing trap: Is Matthew an overeager fan or something more sinister?
—Eric Torres, Pitchfork, 27 Aug. 2025
In response, her attorney argued that Hall only went to a federal immigration facility to ask for information about how to obtain authorization to work when she was arrested by overeager immigration agents.
—Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2025
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Damon Beres, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2025
As Conrad’s father, Calvin is warm and overeager, desperate to see his remaining son move through his grief.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
After nabbing a backstage invite to Oliver’s show later that night, the film sets an engrossing trap: Is Matthew an overeager fan or something more sinister?
—Eric Torres, Pitchfork, 27 Aug. 2025
In response, her attorney argued that Hall only went to a federal immigration facility to ask for information about how to obtain authorization to work when she was arrested by overeager immigration agents.
—Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2025
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“Overeager.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overeager. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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