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# overconfident

«overconfident» in Mova's school dictionary: **too sure of yourself, so you take risks or don't prepare…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (overconfident, more overconfident)

### meaning for a pupil

Overconfident means too sure of yourself, so you take risks or don't prepare enough. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overconfident/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Used in sport, exams and stories: the hare in «The Tortoise and the Hare» was overconfident. It warns the reader that the character may fail.

### examples

- The hare was overconfident and lost the race. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overconfident/#x1)
- Don't be overconfident; check your answers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overconfident/#x2)
- The team was overconfident and didn't train. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overconfident/#x3)
- He felt overconfident and skipped revision. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overconfident/#x4)
- Being overconfident on ice can be dangerous. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overconfident/#x5)
- She was a little overconfident about the spelling test. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overconfident/#x6)

### note

One word. Noun: overconfidence. «Over-» means too much. Opposite: underconfident, unsure.

### In the corpora

- ["Those who flatter their neighbours are spreading nets for their feet" (Proverbs 29:5); empty praise can make people overconfident.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/85-pretend-cover-stories-and-lies-that-become-habits/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «overconfident» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overconfident/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.