Definition of overambitious
: excessively ambitious
- The reforms of the Great Society succeeded in markedly reducing poverty, although they fell short of President Lyndon B. Johnson's overambitious goals.
- —Dennis H. Wrong
- Dr. Godfrey, who has seen more than his share of the fallout from overambitious exercise programs, advises against jumping and pounding exercises for people over 50 …
- —Jane E. Brody
- … NASA's original plans for the shuttle were overambitious: the commitment to provide routine and economical access to space locked the agency into a schedule too tight to be met with the available resources.
- —Scientific American
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overambitiously
adverb-
- planned overambitiously for the future
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- I overambitiously tried the traditional full Irish breakfast …
- —Laura Reiley
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overambitiousness
noun-
- My hopes for another gardening season have once again been dashed by my overambitiousness and basically lazy nature.
- —Michelle Kennedy
