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UK
/ˌəʊvəkˈɒnfɪdəns/
]
[ US /ˌoʊvɝˈkɑnfɪdəns/ ]
[ US /ˌoʊvɝˈkɑnfɪdəns/ ]
NOUN
- total certainty or greater certainty than circumstances warrant
How To Use overconfidence In A Sentence
- Her overconfidence diminishes both her freewheeling approach and self-consciously feminine subject matter.
- By vocalizing your overconfidence, you leave your squad vulnerable to all kinds of bad karma, curses and jinxes.
- Overconfidence in their chances of taking the demoralised Army side proved to be the downfall of the Navy men.
- Overconfidence and regret aversion are two basic concepts in behavioral finance.
- Another reason for overconfidence is that lawyers may know the arguments in favor of their client much better than the arguments against. The Volokh Conspiracy » Your Lawyer’s Wrong:
- The overconfidence indices were calculated by subtracting the percentage of correct answers from the mean percentage of certainty.
- Today's liberals have a naive overconfidence in seemingly easy, scientific answers to social problems.
- Today's liberals have a naive overconfidence in seemingly easy, scientific answers to social problems.
- He presents with a disturbing level of overconfidence in his own abilities. THE LAST TEMPTATION
- We did not want to foster overconfidence.