overambitious

adjective

Definition of overambitiousnext
as in opportunistic

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Recent Examples of overambitious That original felt like an overambitious audition, all screaming guitars and synthesizer lines competing for your attention. — Ahmir “questlove” Thompson, VIBE.com, 7 June 2026 Misfires in the transfer market, a widespread injury crisis and an overambitious tactical game plan saw everything unravel. — Carl Anka, New York Times, 17 May 2026 Global carmakers have lost over $70 billion in write-offs after drastically scaling back overambitious EV production targets and consumer demand. — Neil Winton, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026 Meanwhile, the automaker's current lineup and product strategy feels both tired and overambitious. — Aarian Marshall, Wired News, 22 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overambitious
  1. opportunistic
  2. pretentious
  3. ambitious
  4. aggressive
  5. industrious
  6. pushy
  7. diligent
  8. assertive
Adjective
  • Magpies are opportunistic scavengers, incredibly cunning and deceitful and capable of calculated deception.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Dillane, superb in Harris Dickinson’s Urchin, has presence but is somewhat shortchanged by the script’s one-dimensional grasp of Willoughby, the dashing romantic hero revealed to be an opportunistic cad who breaks Marianne’s heart.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of opportunistic
Adjective
  • But others have slammed the effort as a pretentious and obnoxious slog.
    — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Leigh feared the tracks might be too arch, too pretentious, too insincere.
    — Josephine Reisman, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of pretentious
Adjective
  • And over the next two decades, the games became more ambitious and elaborate, set in various time periods, even the future.
    — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The most ambitious study of Flock's system so far is a recent one by University of South Carolina crime researchers Ian Adams and Scott Mourtgos.
    — Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of ambitious
Adjective
  • These two phases of work are joined by Serra’s implicit disavowal of abstraction as a form of imagemaking in favor of an object’s aggressive purchase on the real.
    — Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Her challenger is Herb Morgan, a Republican from San Diego who promises a more aggressive approach to the job.
    — Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of aggressive
Adjective
  • Loosehead Boris Wenger and backrow Joaquin Moro were industrious and both scored tries while fullback Geronimo Piscatelli was a constant attacking threat, scoring one try and missing two others.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Alongside his final-third prowess, Fernandes was industrious across the pitch, playing eight passes into the final third per game, more than any other United player.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of industrious
Adjective
  • Her face crumples amid strained phone calls with A’s oblivious mother, while her eyes blaze like a four-alarm fire during a crushing panic attack brought on by a pushy date.
    — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Meanwhile, Luigia, the company’s Second Soprano (Lily Prado), is hoping to land the lead role, with the help of her pushy mother Donna Agata.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2026
Definition of pushy
Adjective
  • Edwards said Brown was diligent in going to work and didn’t worry about the weather at all.
    — Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Set in the summer of 1970, the story turns on the diligent civil servant Heikki who decides to host a high-ranking Soviet diplomat at his family’s lakeside cottage.
    — Annika Pham, Variety, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of diligent
Adjective
  • In Armageddon Time, the father is a more aggressive, assertive character.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Even its more assertive designs retain an unmistakable identity.
    — Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of assertive

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“Overambitious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overambitious. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.

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