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overconfident

[ oh-ver-kon-fi-duhnt ]

/ ˈoʊ vərˈkɒn fɪ dənt /

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adjective

too confident.

Origin of overconfident

First recorded in 1610–20; over- + confident

SYNONYMS FOR overconfident

cocksure, brash, arrogant, reckless, heedless.

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OTHER WORDS FROM overconfident

o·ver·con·fi·dence, noun o·ver·con·fi·dent·ly, adverb

Words nearby overconfident

overcome, overcommit, overcompensate, overcompensation, overcomplex, overconfident, overconsumption, overcook, overcorrection, overcritical, overcrop

Example sentences from the Web for over-confident

Yet, there is also a major problem with over-rich and over-confident oligopolies.

How a Few Monster Tech Firms are Taking Over Everything from Media to Space Travel and What it Means for the Rest of Us |Joel Kotkin |February 9, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Yale was over-confident; Harvard was hopeful, but filled with fears.

Frank Merriwell's Races |Burt L. Standish
I shall never be over-confident in such matters, I think, any more.

The Letters of Charles Dickens |Charles Dickens
He was over-confident, and thought he understood her better than he really did.

To Leeward |F. Marion Crawford

Now it happened that Ujarak, although strong and courageous enough, was not over-confident of his dexterity.

Red Rooney |R.M. Ballantyne
The Liberals were for the most part careless and over-confident.

Name and Fame |Adeline Sergeant

British Dictionary definitions for over-confident

overconfident

/ (ˌəʊvəˈkɒnfɪdənt) /

adjective

excessively confident

Derived forms of overconfident

overconfidence, noun