overconfident
adjective
too confident.
overconfidently
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a word derived from
overconfident.
Example Sentences
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People think we shamelessly massage statistics, overconfidently make terrible predictions, and are no fun at drinks parties.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2019
But that was not quite the two-thirds majority needed to speed the bill through Congress on the “suspension of rules” that holiday sponsors had somewhat overconfidently attempted.
From Salon ● Jan. 19, 2014
It went from discounting early reports of problems to overconfidently announcing diagnoses and insufficient fixes.
From New York Times ● Feb. 1, 2010
When the Baath bosses overconfidently released Aref a few days later, he promptly joined with angry fellow officers to head a coup.
From Time Magazine Archive
The third round automatically began the tiring of the aging Liston, who was overconfidently trained to go only two rounds.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
