overly confident

Frequency: 6.06.5 per million words

Indicates an excessive, and often negative, amount of confidence; arrogant.

confidentADVERB + confident

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Examples (10)

  • He was overly confident, perhaps to the point of arrogance.
  • The team's overly confident attitude led to their unexpected defeat.
  • Being overly confident in his abilities, the new manager made several costly mistakes.
  • She came across as overly confident during the interview, which put off the hiring manager.
  • It's dangerous to be overly confident when you're just starting to learn a new skill.
  • Investors who were overly confident about the market's stability lost a lot of money.
  • His prediction was based on an overly confident assessment of the data.
  • Don't get overly confident; the final round of the competition will be much harder.
  • He was overly confident about the exam and didn't study, so he failed.
  • A leader who is overly confident may ignore valuable advice from their team.