overconfident
Example Sentences
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Investors can enjoy success and become overconfident, or simply take their eye off the ball.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
"Damon's Odysseus is stubborn, overconfident and sacrilegious, but doesn't bear that much resemblance to the conniving, hypocritical egotist of lore who fretted over his wife's fidelity," she noted.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
If you’ve ever had the misfortune of being assigned an inexperienced, overconfident boss, you know what happens next.
From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026
After an overconfident miller fibs that his daughter can spin straw into gold, a greedy king locks the poor girl in a room full of straw.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
Cluny pursued doggedly, making no sudden moves, waiting for the hare to get overconfident so that he could strike.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
