as in reckless
foolishly adventurous or bold
the overconfident quarterback made some careless decisions that cost him the game
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Recent Examples of overconfident
Harvard found in an experiment with nearly 300 executives, that those who relied on ChatGPT for stock price forecasts grew more optimistic and overconfident — and ultimately made worse predictions than peers who worked with other humans to discuss the logic.
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Lutz Finger, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
There are the clever visual gags allowed by animation, like characters who quite literally shoot daggers at one another while locked in a glaring match; there are many jokes at the imperious, overconfident Marioneta’s expense.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 17 Aug. 2025
And Fleury more or less fills Peacemaker’s old function on the show as the wildly overconfident guy who will say whatever tasteless, ignorant thing that comes into his head.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 15 Aug. 2025
With any other program, that may seem like an overconfident remark — but at Carroll, a program with eight state and three national titles, competing at the highest level is the longtime expectation.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Aug. 2025
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Lutz Finger, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
There are the clever visual gags allowed by animation, like characters who quite literally shoot daggers at one another while locked in a glaring match; there are many jokes at the imperious, overconfident Marioneta’s expense.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 17 Aug. 2025
And Fleury more or less fills Peacemaker’s old function on the show as the wildly overconfident guy who will say whatever tasteless, ignorant thing that comes into his head.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 15 Aug. 2025
With any other program, that may seem like an overconfident remark — but at Carroll, a program with eight state and three national titles, competing at the highest level is the longtime expectation.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overconfident
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A day after the state Legislature approved a bill intended to help Milwaukee crack down on reckless drivers, local officials met at the city's towing lot to send a message.—
Hope Karnopp,
jsonline.com,
15 Oct. 2025
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Trump’s reckless tariffs are needlessly spiking inflation and driving up prices on everything from groceries to housing to utilities.—
Deputy News Editor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
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In her latest book, Strong Ground, Brown makes a compelling case that we’re not wired for this level of uncertainty, and risk losing focus on the core values of courageous and sustainable leadership.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
14 Oct. 2025
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This was a fearless and courageous person.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Oct. 2025
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Stay strong, be brave and if the elevator tries to bring you down, go crazy and punch a higher floor!—
Brenton Blanchet,
PEOPLE,
17 Oct. 2025
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Willing-to-put-your-heart-on-the-line brave?—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
16 Oct. 2025
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Nixon has built a reputation on social media for being a daredevil pilot with clips on his Instagram often showing him performing stunts in helicopters, including low-level sprints, sharp turns and risky maneuvers while in the air.—
Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
12 Oct. 2025
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The first season followed 17-year-old Ethan (Cantona James) seeking a way out of the Southside’s bloody cycle of gang violence through spinning, a South African extreme motorsport that features drivers performing daredevil stunts.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
9 Oct. 2025
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In Pynchon’s best works, his bleakness is brightened, in both senses—illuminated and made lighter—by the sweep of his vision and his affection for his fallible, foolhardy, well-meaning, wildly outmatched main characters.—
Kathryn Schulz,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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Depending on your viewpoint, Google has made either a good trade-off decision or lost its potential in a foolhardy quest for AI.—
Ewan Spence,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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But when adventurous Milo comes into town, Prudence finds an unlikely friend with benefits.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
18 Oct. 2025
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The Penguins probably could’ve gone more adventurous.—
The Athletic NHL Staff,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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