overambitious

/ (ˌəʊvəræmˈbɪʃəs) /

adjective

excessively ambitious: the aims were overambitious, therefore few were achieved

Words Nearby overambitious

over again
over against
overage
overaggressive
overall
overambitious
over and above
over and done with
over and over
overanxious
overarch

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How to use overambitious in a sentence

Now her estranged husband is just another overambitious politician disgraced.
Behind Arnold's Deception | Jacob Bernstein | May 18, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
External foreign developments had been adding to the difficulties of achieving the overambitious industrial and military goals.
East-West Trade Trends | Harold E. Stassen
They used words such as promising, uneven, overambitious, gifted.
Fanny Herself | Edna Ferber

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