overconfident

[ oh-ver-kon-fi-duhnt ]

/ ˈoʊ vərˈkɒn fɪ dənt /

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adjective

too confident.

OTHER WORDS FOR overconfident

sure, certain; cocksure, bold, arrogant, reckless, heedless.

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Origin of overconfident

First recorded in1610–20; over- + confident

OTHER WORDS FROM overconfident

o·ver·con·fi·dence, nouno·ver·con·fi·dent·ly, adverb

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How to use overconfident in a sentence

Yet, there is also a major problem with over-rich and over-confident oligopolies.
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Hootay is a boastful hunter, often over-confident, yet wise in wood-craft, and what he has once learned he never forgets.
Red Hunters And the Animal People|Charles A. Eastman
Schwarzenberg's movements were marked by an over-confident deliberation as characteristic of him as overhaste was of Blcher.
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte|William Milligan Sloane
Miller knew how to ride, of course, but like many another of them, was too damned over-confident.
Richard Carvel, Complete|Winston Churchill

It was at this time that the government, rendered over-confident by Western successes, stopped recruiting.
The Life of Isaac Ingalls Stevens, Volume II (of 2)|Hazard Stevens
His memory recurred to the subsequent warning: "Be not over-confident lest you fall."
A Son of Perdition|Fergus Hume

British Dictionary definitions for overconfident

overconfident

/ (ˌəʊvəˈkɒnfɪdənt) /

adjective

excessively confident

Derived forms of overconfident

overconfidence, noun

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