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My father is a real worrywart.
tends to dismiss people concerned about global warming as a bunch of worrywarts
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Until the 1960s, Norton points out, about half of American women of legal driving age never obtained driver’s licenses—a fact the pro-automotive forces exploited in their campaign to paint pedestrian safety advocates as busybodies and worrywarts who just didn’t understand the science of traffic.
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Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Sep. 2024
Former New York Federal Reserve Bank President Bill Dudley’s editorial Wednesday was the catalyst for this worrywart crowd.
—Bob Pisani, CNBC, 25 July 2024
This is my main point: AI will produce wild economic times where the worrywarts have little input in the race to keep up.
—Clem Chambers, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
But the worrywart is now overdue for yet another detour, physically and metaphorically.
—Courtney Howard, Variety, 16 Nov. 2023
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Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Sep. 2024
Former New York Federal Reserve Bank President Bill Dudley’s editorial Wednesday was the catalyst for this worrywart crowd.
—Bob Pisani, CNBC, 25 July 2024
This is my main point: AI will produce wild economic times where the worrywarts have little input in the race to keep up.
—Clem Chambers, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
But the worrywart is now overdue for yet another detour, physically and metaphorically.
—Courtney Howard, Variety, 16 Nov. 2023
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“Worrywart.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/worrywart. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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worrywart
noun
wor·ry·wart
ˈwər-ē-ˌwȯrt 
ˈwə-rē-
: a person who worries without reasonable cause
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