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Synonyms

overambitious

British  
/ ˌəʊvəræmˈbɪʃəs /

adjective

  1. excessively ambitious

    the aims were overambitious, therefore few were achieved

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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"I have got 30 years in policing, I've worked in this area. I live here… It might be overambitious, but I think we're going to do very well."

From BBC Feb. 15, 2026

White gets the open position he craves, but his overambitious kingside attack with 17. g4?! leads nowhere, and by 21.

From Washington Times May 2, 2023

“That said, I think if the guy wasn’t so positive, or overambitious about the timelines, I don’t know if Prime Air would exist.”

From Seattle Times Apr. 17, 2022

“What seems to some to be marginal or overambitious is going to become common sense pretty quickly.”

From Washington Post Apr. 9, 2020

It was starting to feel a bit overambitious.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

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