overoptimistic
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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“Maybe I was overoptimistic about a person’s skill set or ambitions,” Lee said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026
A Stifel analyst downgraded Microsoft stock to Hold from Buy, citing overoptimistic revenue and earnings expectations.
From Barron's ● Feb. 5, 2026
However, he also cautioned against being overoptimistic as the price points remain unknown.
From Reuters ● Sep. 11, 2023
England were in charge of the first Test at Edgbaston before the cult of Bazball resulted in an overoptimistic declaration and reckless batting.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2023
She had no illusions: old plans, if one could ever remember them, the plans that time had overtaken, tended to have a febrile and overoptimistic grip on events.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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