overconfident
adjective
over·con·fi·dent
ˌō-vər-ˈkän-fə-dənt 
-ˌdent
: excessively or unjustifiably confident : having too much confidence (as in one's abilities or judgment)
an overconfident driver
wasn't overconfident about their chances of winning
… he often starts cold, missing a few shots, allowing his opponent to get on a roll, to get overconfident.—
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overconfidently
adverb
overconfidently predicted the team would win
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the overconfident quarterback made some careless decisions that cost him the game
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Republicans, with their congenitally overconfident candidate and an entire political operation premised on telling the Republican electorate that Trump’s defeat is literally impossible, have a different problem.
—Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024
Generally, men tend to be overconfident investors, whereas women generally are more risk-aware and tend to hold onto their investments, according to Green.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 2 Nov. 2024
Other patients are overconfident, which could lead to injuries.
—Matt Fuchs, TIME, 24 Oct. 2024
There’s also the risk that overconfident computer scientists, who have helped advance the field of AI, start to see AI work being awarded Nobel Prizes in unrelated scientific fields—in this instance, physics and chemistry—and decide to follow in their footsteps, encroaching on other people’s turf.
—Chris Stokel-Walker, WIRED, 9 Oct. 2024
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Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024
Generally, men tend to be overconfident investors, whereas women generally are more risk-aware and tend to hold onto their investments, according to Green.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 2 Nov. 2024
Other patients are overconfident, which could lead to injuries.
—Matt Fuchs, TIME, 24 Oct. 2024
There’s also the risk that overconfident computer scientists, who have helped advance the field of AI, start to see AI work being awarded Nobel Prizes in unrelated scientific fields—in this instance, physics and chemistry—and decide to follow in their footsteps, encroaching on other people’s turf.
—Chris Stokel-Walker, WIRED, 9 Oct. 2024
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“Overconfident.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overconfident. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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