Adjective : a generous patron of the arts; a generous gift. ,a generous portion of pie. ,a generous wine. ,generous soil. From Dictionary.com.
This seems overgenerous as it only took an hour each way. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-07-01] Reference
I got a little overgenerous with them, and last night one of the. From Wordnik.com. [In Other Worlds]
I thought it overgenerous, myself; but then, he had Aristotle to consider. From Wordnik.com. [The Persian Boy]
It's overgenerous to call what Family Guy does satire because it's not terribly smart. From Wordnik.com. [This Time, Sarah Palin’s Got a Point] Reference
End overgenerous Public Employee compensation (no more pensions – 401Ks for everybody). From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Budgeting, Pence-Style] Reference
Those cuts are in the exorbitantly overgenerous benefits and wages of government workers. From Wordnik.com. [Obama Gives Union Veto Power on State Funds - Warner_Todd_Huston’s blog - RedState] Reference
Unfortunately, people get spoiled by your willingness to be overgenerous and overextended. From Wordnik.com. [Life Shift] Reference
And in 1996, an overgenerous personal commitment to one of his top writers got him into trouble. From Wordnik.com. [Scrambling The Jets] Reference
The house was in a pleasant part of the town and the wages were adequate although not overgenerous. From Wordnik.com. [Waiting For Deborah]
On it there was a diminutive pancake which had made itself from the drippings of an overgenerous spoonful. From Wordnik.com. [The Wrong Woman] Reference
Should overgenerous pursuit of the Profit motive be punished, even if it can be proven to have been dangerous?. From Wordnik.com. [Asbestos Litigation Costs, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
She refused to be budged from her decision despite Mr. Whitehead's repeated assertion that she was being foolishly overgenerous. From Wordnik.com. [Dancing with Clara]
This would reduce the huge subsidy for insurance, which leads to overgenerous insurance and the overuse and overpricing of health care. From Wordnik.com. [Rethinking Health Care] Reference
The young man from Cambridge estimates the household at six thousand a year, and though somewhat overgenerous, it is a reasonable guess. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Stories]
The oblong space left was big enough for two men to stand in, but not overgenerous even for that: about two feet by two feet per person. From Wordnik.com. [Whip Hand]
I believe Fenris is making an honest mistake in his implementation of the curriculum, in his typically overgenerous and overenergetic way. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-09-01] Reference
Cut the overgenerous pensions to current retirees. From Wordnik.com. [WOWT - HomePage - Headlines] Reference
Including addressing the overgenerous benefit system. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
The same goes for overgenerous share option packages. From Wordnik.com. [Fool.co.uk - Headlines] Reference
Representatives where Obama's fellow Democrats see it as overgenerous to the wealthy. From Wordnik.com. [Thestar.com - Home Page] Reference
The Hay-Herran Treaty, if it erred at all, erred in being overgenerous toward Colombia. From Wordnik.com. [An Autobiography]
California's state pension fund for teachers, to fight against overgenerous executive pay at. From Wordnik.com. [The Economist: Correspondent's diary] Reference
They'd rather have their own generous health plan and overgenerous retirement paid for by us. From Wordnik.com. [The Record-Courier - Top Stories] Reference
General Ken Gillespie, admitted that he too had been a victim of the overgenerous payroll system. From Wordnik.com. [newmatilda.com - Comments] Reference
"Nature was overgenerous with that young lady," Farrel decided, as he made his way up to the smoking-car. From Wordnik.com. [The Pride of Palomar] Reference
The Goldwater Institute questioned the agreement as overgenerous and the fees far beyond fair market value. From Wordnik.com. [StarTribune.com rss feed] Reference
Literature is not an overgenerous paymaster, and with a growing family expenses tend to increase in a larger ratio than income. From Wordnik.com. [A Backward Glance at Eighty]
The overgenerous philanthropist had to curb his beneficent impulses before he gave away all his money and left himself with nothing. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
Public employee pension plans are plagued by overgenerous benefits, chronic underfunding, and now trillion dollar stock-market losses. From Wordnik.com. [Opinion Source: Delivering summaries of editorial and op-ed pieces from major papers by email.] Reference
Since the original 2007 assessment, she said, areas of duplication, unnecessary spending and overgenerous estimates had been identified. From Wordnik.com. [Evening Standard - Home] Reference
Stalin manipulated his visitors; they had little real say over Poland, but were overgenerous on other matters, to the sorrow of millions. From Wordnik.com. [canada.com Top Stories] Reference
And also by the overgenerous use of "that". From Wordnik.com. [AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed] Reference
But there is such a thing as being overgenerous. From Wordnik.com. [Amateur Gardencraft A Book for the Home-Maker and Garden Lover] Reference
That sounds overgenerous. From Wordnik.com. [Grovelling With Gadhafi] Reference
Don't be overgenerous. From Wordnik.com. [Fool.com Headlines] Reference
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