overconfident
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vərˈkɒn adjective
too confident.
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| —adj | |
| excessively confident | |
| over'confidence | |
| —n | |
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Overconfident
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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Word Origin & History
overconfident
1617, from over + confident.
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Example sentences
Entrepreneurs are risk-averse towards market demand but are overconfident with respect to their own abilities.
We're generally overconfident in our opinions and our impressions and judgments.
In the scenarios they presented, the premise was that forecasters tend to be overconfident in their judgments.
These treacherous waters conceal the remains of ships whose crews were unwary, overconfident, or merely unfortunate.
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