More often, they're engaged in pursuits that seem excessively narrow and clinical -- pitch variance among Central African xylophones or Connecticut River Valley fife-and-drum history.
We have already noted that his picture of scientific practice is excessively narrow.
Many of the 850 ETFs now vying for your attention suffer from one or more of the same cardinal sins seen in other Wall Street products: an excessively narrow focus, high leverage, misleading packaging and tax inefficiency.
Their "sphere placement" decisions can be arbitrary, automatic, inflected with fear, or excessively narrow-minded.
Examples of inappropriate shoes include those that are excessively worn or are too small for the person's feet (too narrow, too short, toe box too low), resulting in rubbing, erythema, blister, or callus.
If the signal is excessively noisy, or the frequency range is too narrow, or there are instabilities during long tests, a different oscillator should be employed.
Appearance: Excessively youthful for his CV.
The T5 is powerful, almost excessively so for a 3,300-pound 3,300-pound car.
(It also seems excessively priced for what it is; bottles at retail go for $9 to $11).
