overconfident
adjective
over·con·fi·dent
ˌō-vər-ˈkän-fə-dənt 
-ˌdent
: excessively or unjustifiably confident : having too much confidence (as in one's abilities or judgment)
an overconfident driver
wasn't overconfident about their chances of winning
… he often starts cold, missing a few shots, allowing his opponent to get on a roll, to get overconfident.—
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overconfidently
adverb
overconfidently predicted the team would win
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Examples of overconfident in a Sentence
the overconfident quarterback made some careless decisions that cost him the game
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Sachs’s Vienna is a vibrant and petty place, full of insecure authorities and overconfident revolutionaries seeking to overturn everything established.
—Robert Rubsam, Washington Post, 24 June 2024
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—Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 7 June 2024
Real Housewife star Garcelle Beauvais plays Diana Gordon, a buttoned up, conniving, overconfident who has secrets of her own.
—Carla Renata, Variety, 13 June 2024
There’s some fun to be had watching these wildly paranoid and overconfident buddies whiff on a million-dollar dirty-tricks operation, but the show veers too far into the cartoonish.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 14 Apr. 2024
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Robert Rubsam, Washington Post, 24 June 2024
Munnell believes that Biggs is overconfident in the security of American retirees.
—Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 7 June 2024
Real Housewife star Garcelle Beauvais plays Diana Gordon, a buttoned up, conniving, overconfident who has secrets of her own.
—Carla Renata, Variety, 13 June 2024
There’s some fun to be had watching these wildly paranoid and overconfident buddies whiff on a million-dollar dirty-tricks operation, but the show veers too far into the cartoonish.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 14 Apr. 2024
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“Overconfident.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overconfident. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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