Oz brushes off such accusations as overly academic.

Most orchestras are un-adventurous and overly academic.

In the 1969 elections, Cracknell's campaign was almost universally regarded as poor, with his television appearance being described as uninteresting, overly academic, and rambling.

After only 6 weeks, however, he discontinued his studies after suffering from disillusionment regarding what he considered overly academic lessons.

Don't use long-winded words to try to sound overly academic.

Florida has drawn criticism for taking an overly academic and elitist point of view.

The problem with a traditional MBA, as I established through discussions with a colleague, is that its content was likely to be overly academic.

There is also concern that a day-care program in a school setting could be overly academic and counterproductive for young children.

Overly academic, yes; tedious and dull, no.

Mr. Lewis is famous for being jazz's greatest formalist since Ellington, but he has sometimes suffered from a reputation as an overly academic musician.