overconfident

Example Sentences

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It comes off loud, blustery, and overconfident, as if to signal a blasé disengagement with the incredible stakes of the moment.

From Slate • Mar. 6, 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

Nathan Mburu, 24, from London, became stuck on the route in May and said if it weren't for the rescue team, he and his friends could have died due to being "overconfident" and "under-prepared".

From BBC • Dec. 26, 2025

She has a knack for heightening moments and introducing characters that range from sad, weird loners to shifty and overconfident schemers.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2025

They were noisy, overconfident, emptyheaded kids of twenty-one.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller