overconfidence

noun
/oʊvɚˈkɑnfɪdənts/CA

Etymology

From over- + confidence.

  1. derived from confidence
  2. derived from cōnfīdentia
  3. inherited from confidence
  4. formed as overconfidence — “over- + confidence

Definitions

  1. An excessive or unwarranted degree of confidence.

    • My case is, as I have told you, almost complete; but we must not err on the side of over-confidence.
    • Yet United may have paid the price for overconfidence as they completely lost their concentration after 10 minutes to let Wolves back in.

The neighborhood

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