override concern

Frequency: 6.02.1 per million words

To be more important than a particular concern, often in a professional or official context.

overrideVERB + NOUN

Categories:

concern

Examples (10)

  • The need for safety must override any concern about costs.
  • Public interest should override concerns about individual privacy in this case.
  • Sometimes, political objectives override concerns for economic stability.
  • The board decided that long-term growth would override concerns about short-term losses.
  • Does the desire for speed override your concern for accuracy?
  • Emergency measures were designed to override concerns regarding standard procedures.
  • Her passion for the project seemed to override every concern her colleagues raised.
  • National security often overrides concerns about transparency in government.
  • The judge ruled that the child's welfare must override the parents' concerns.
  • In times of crisis, survival tends to override concerns about etiquette.