unduly optimistic
Frequency: 6.58.0 per million words
to be more hopeful and confident about the future than is reasonable
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- The company's sales forecast was unduly optimistic given the economic downturn.
- We shouldn't be unduly optimistic about an early resolution to the conflict.
- His assessment of the project's timeline seems unduly optimistic.
- Investors were warned not to be unduly optimistic about short-term gains.
- It would be unduly optimistic to expect a full recovery overnight.
- She accused the government of presenting an unduly optimistic picture of the employment stats.
- The report was criticized for being unduly optimistic regarding climate change targets.
- Don't be unduly optimistic; there are still many hurdles to overcome.
- Their assumptions about market growth were unduly optimistic.
- Perhaps I was unduly optimistic in thinking he would change his mind.