How to Use overconfident in a Sentence

overconfident

adjective
  • Don’t get overconfident and try to forge ahead when the roads are covered in sleet.
    — Dennis Mersereau, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2022
  • This might sound bold or overconfident, but being a founder was easy.
    — Aytekin Tank, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
  • Men were overconfident about their ability to pick stocks and time trades.
    — Teresa Ghilarducci, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
  • That said, Harris gave a bit of a warning not to get overconfident.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2024
  • Do not make the mistake of being too overconfident about your new business.
    — Sho Dewan, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Got overconfident because this workflow had been working on my toy inbox for weeks.
    — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Don’t get overconfident; weird things can happen when division rivals play for a third time.
    — Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2023
  • But what happens when someone who’s overconfident makes a mistake?
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2024
  • Setting up camp at high altitude left me feeling a bit overconfident.
    — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 20 Mar. 2018
  • Lucas added that there is a fine line between feeling confident and overconfident now that the team is ranked.
    — Miami Herald, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Hate on Rocky for being the kind of overconfident talker who never seems to know when to stop bragging.
    — Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 19 Jan. 2026
  • The defense has adjusted since then, and while there’s no reason to be overconfident, the changes are working.
    — Doug Lesmerises, cleveland, 2 Oct. 2021
  • Other patients are overconfident, which could lead to injuries.
    — Matt Fuchs, TIME, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Every team around the league is aware of how those games can become a trap for an overconfident group that tries to downplay the competition.
    — Shane Young, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Has social media sown doubt in an authority that can be perceived to be overconfident?
    — Porismita Borah, The Conversation, 30 Oct. 2020
  • We Below Deck fans are truly blessed with no shortage of overconfident stews to stir up drama.
    — Emma Soren, Vulture, 26 Nov. 2024
  • The systems are slow, overconfident, and often confused.
    — Tharin Pillay, Time, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Social media worsens this as the simply act of sharing online can make users overconfident in their own knowledge.
    — Callum Booth, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
  • The researchers found that margin investors were more overconfident in their knowledge than their cash counterparts.
    — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 22 Mar. 2022
  • Interviews are not the place for inflated language or overconfident claims.
    — Gerald Bradshaw, Chicago Tribune, 12 Jan. 2026
  • The mentally strong have found the right middle ground between overconfident and paralyzed by fear of failure.
    — Scott Mautz, Contributor, CNBC, 12 July 2024
  • Anthony Gash said the team came into the El Camino game overconfident.
    — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Sep. 2023
  • About 3 1/2 hours south in Cincinnati, the Ohio State alums played the overconfident role this week.
    — cleveland, 30 Dec. 2022
  • Still, like many intelligent-but-overconfident defendants with plenty of time on their hands, Muneeb wants to give it a shot.
    — Nate Anderson, ArsTechnica, 12 May 2026
  • The downtown side of the bridge is also minutely taller than the church side, leading to some overconfident drivers lodging themselves on the other end.
    — Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2025
  • The person could become supremely overconfident, despite not having the wherewithal to back it up.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
  • So, for investors, paying attention to which fund managers are overconfident in the home country’s future prospects could help boost your returns.
    — Derek Horstmeyer, WSJ, 4 Feb. 2022
  • Instead of overconfident predictions, a more realistic goal at this point is trying to assess the factors that will shape the midterm vote.
    — Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 12 Aug. 2022
  • The four leads are overconfident and loutish, spending their time drinking, rambling, and clumsily working through their worries about the future.
    — James Folta, Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Overprotected kids become anxious, risk-averse adults, or overconfident spenders with no sense of consequences.
    — Christine Michel Carter, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025

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