overconfidence
noun
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Pronunciation: /oʊvɚˈkɑnfɪdənts/ / /ovɚ-/ / /-dɪnts/
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English confidence English overconfidence From over- + confidence.
- 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.”