overconfidence
Example Sentences
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Mr. Gulati warns that “overconfidence might hinder our ability to face real limitations and lead to reckless behavior, ultimately harming our performance.”
The episode taught him to take profits and avoid overconfidence.
The main pluses humans have going for them are their overconfidence and yearning to manipulate anything and anyone they can for their own ends.
From Salon
After reviewing the recreation of the photo — the architects are still smiling this time, but their scrappy overconfidence feels eons away — Pildas wonders who the next generation will be, and how they will rise.
From Los Angeles Times
The seat then contained the Labour stronghold of Harlow, but an energetic campaign, coupled with the overconfidence of the sitting Labour MP, saw Tebbit victorious in 1970.
From BBC
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