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overconfident

[oh-ver-kon-fi-duhnt]

adjective

  1. too confident.

    Synonyms: , , , , , ,


overconfident

/ ˌəʊəˈɒԴɪəԳ /

adjective

  1. excessively confident

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • overconfidence noun
  • overconfidently adverb
  • ˌDZˈDzԴھԳ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of overconfident1

First recorded in 1610–20; over- + confident
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Call it naiveté or just plain stupidity, but I showed up to my first day of class overconfident.

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Without the hardcore high-propensity voters they used to count on, Republicans may be making a mistake by acting overconfident.

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His grandmother senses the peril in Solomon’s overconfident business strategy, especially as he brushes off warnings that sound familiar from the other side of the Great Recession.

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Clinton, who was famously born in the small Arkansas town of Hope and later became that state’s governor, echoed a warning made by the Obamas last night - saying that Democrats should not be “overconfident”.

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First of all, no one wants to be overconfident about the prospect of a Harris victory.

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