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
Previous research had indicated people were overconfident that they could spot AI faces, with the most confident people making the most errors.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
They’re all here, and they have as much overconfident swagger as a plucky young star on the Disney Channel.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
He misses the possibility of repeating the error when, in the same document, he settles—in one decisive, overconfident paragraph—the question of whether the cognitive systems we are building could ever have inner lives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
Already, harsh words were being hung on him: arrogant, inept, overconfident.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
