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Meanings of overconfident in English

Marked by excessive confidence.

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Examples for "positive"
Examples for "positive"
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Moreover, today's positive market effects demand further qualification beyond the health crisis.
The Guardian
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However, positive results from Commerzbank gave a lift to banks across Europe.
Reuters
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However, the reports present a very positive picture, especially at primary level.
The Irish Times
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However, analysts said it contained no new, positive developments for the industry.
The Guardian
5
Important idea number 1: Matter is made of positive and negative charges.
Wired
1
The Senator was promptly and intensely interested in this cocksure declaration by
All-Wool Morrison / Time -- Today, Place -- the United States, P...
2
At that she laughed in a kind of a friendly, cocksure way.
The Militants / Stories of Some Parsons, Soldiers, and Other Fig...
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He was a well-favored youth with an unlovely manner, haughty and cocksure.
Caleb's crossing
4
Be cautious always; be especially cautious when you are cocksure you're right.
The Great God Success: A Novel
5
James DeGale is as cocksure as he is buttery-smooth inside the ropes.
The Guardian
Usage of overconfident in English
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Let's hear it for overconfident teenagers trying to solve the world's problems.
The Irish Times
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We tend to be overconfident in our ability to predict the future.
Reuters
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I'd saved the day before, maybe often enough to make me overconfident.
Cold Days
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Eyeing Heris, Ferris Renfrow observed, The overconfident sorcerer has become a cliché.
Surrender to the will of the night
5
The nife commander, fresh from the cocoon, was overconfident, overzealous and talkative.
Mech
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They're potentially overconfident in their local area, the report authors suggested.
News.com.au
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Either way, a laid-back attitude or an overly overconfident approach will be ill-advised.
The South African
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Investment risks Part 3: Looking over your shoulder, overseas and overconfident.
Radio NZ
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The risk, experts say, is that they become overconfident and misjudge.
Reuters
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His followers had become overconfident, seduced by having the enemy within easy reach.
Genghis: bones of the hills: a novel
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There is still a distance to go and nobody is overconfident of success.
The Irish Times
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They should not have come inland -they are obviously overconfident.'
Return of the Crimson Guard
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Podcasts are to blame for this kind of overconfident, over-woke behaviour.
News.com.au
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The Angolans were overconfident it would be secure to drive through the north.
Reuters
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What happened then the overconfident Throg was not prepared to take.
Storm Over Warlock
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The Danes were overconfident, and had allowed their discipline to relax.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 10 / Little J...
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