overly ambitious

Frequency: 7.312.1 per million words

Suggests a plan or project is too ambitious and therefore likely to fail.

ambitiousADVERBS + ambitious (describing a plan/project)

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overly

Examples (10)

  • Phases 2 and 3 of the project seem overly ambitious.
  • His goal to become a millionaire in a year was overly ambitious.
  • The startup's five-year expansion plan was criticized for being overly ambitious.
  • My New Year's resolution to learn five languages was a bit overly ambitious.
  • Setting such an overly ambitious target might demotivate the team.
  • The project timeline is overly ambitious, given our limited resources.
  • The government's proposal to eliminate poverty in ten years was deemed overly ambitious by experts.
  • Her debut novel was overly ambitious in scope, trying to cover too many themes at once.
  • Without more funding, this scientific undertaking will prove to be overly ambitious.
  • Don't you think this renovation plan is overly ambitious for our budget?