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
Examples of overconfident in a Sentence
the overconfident quarterback made some careless decisions that cost him the game
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But human physicians can also be overconfident in their reasoning abilities, and may wrongly ignore correct diagnoses offered by patients, non-physician health workers or AI systems.
—Paul Hsieh, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
At the meeting, Hanes seemed oddly nonchalant, exuding the air of an overconfident salesman.
—David Yaffe-Bellany, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
That said, Harris gave a bit of a warning not to get overconfident.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2024
The caricature of Doug Gottlieb is the cheekily overconfident, know-it-all opinionator with no detectable filter.
—Brian Hamilton, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025
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Paul Hsieh, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
At the meeting, Hanes seemed oddly nonchalant, exuding the air of an overconfident salesman.
—David Yaffe-Bellany, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
That said, Harris gave a bit of a warning not to get overconfident.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2024
The caricature of Doug Gottlieb is the cheekily overconfident, know-it-all opinionator with no detectable filter.
—Brian Hamilton, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for overconfident
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“Overconfident.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overconfident. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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