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Definition of Overconfident
1. Adjective. Marked by excessive confidence. "The less he knows the more positive he gets"
Similar to: Confident
Derivative terms: Cocksureness, Overconfidence, Positiveness
Definition of Overconfident
1. a. Confident to excess.
Definition of Overconfident
1. Adjective. too confident. ¹
2. Adjective. presumptuous, cocksure, rude and disrespectful. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Overconfident
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overconfident
Literary usage of Overconfident
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Destruction of a Planet: Zionism Is Racism by Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn (1991)
"BRITISH overconfident overconfident, the British felt their two ships could outgun
the German warships. However, in the ensuing battle, the first salvos ..."
2. When I'm 64 by Laura L. Carstensen, Christine R. Hartel (2006)
"People tend to be overconfident when judging the quality of their own
decisions (Lichtenstein and Fischhoff, 1977), but little is known about whether there ..."
3. Composition and Rhetoric by William M. Tanner (1922)
"I am not surprised that their team lost the game, they were poorly trained and
were overconfident. This sentence may be unified in two ways: I am not ..."
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