Crossword-Solution: OVERCONFIDENCE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Overconfidence | n. | Excessive confidence; too great reliance or trust. |
We have 5 clues for the answer “OVERCONFIDENCE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Audacity | 49 answers |
| Conceit | 50 answers |
| Cheek | 66 answers |
| persuasion | 67 answers |
| Certainty | 75 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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Sentences with OVERCONFIDENCE (5)
The Rurales in the valley below, who had reached the beginning of the ascending trail, and were on the point of giving up the pursuit, saw the smoke, and, inferred that the Apaches, either through overconfidence or because of their superstitious fear of the mountains, which they supposed inhabited by spirits, had camped on the edge of the valley, and were signaling to their other party.
Last spring--after notable victories at Stalingrad and in Tunisia and against the U-boats on the high seas--overconfidence became so pronounced that war production fell off.
Didn't you think it was rather strange when you approached General Rentzel's place that there was no one around, eh?" "Well, such a thought had occurred to me," Hal admitted, "but I supposed no one was on guard through overconfidence." "Do you want me to tell you where the guards were?" "Why, yes, if you know." "Well, I know all right.
The consciousness that knowledge is too difficult, or is positively wanting here and there, destroys overconfidence in the completeness of one's attainments and awakens the need of further study.
But still I felt so absolutely sure that I should know when I approached the bridge that, perhaps through overconfidence, I was caught napping.
Quotes with OVERCONFIDENCE (3)
Overconfidence blurs out the risk. Inferiority magnifies it.
Some people hate people who are overconfident, only because their overconfidence reminds them of their underconfidence.
This tub is for washing your courage... When you are born your courage is new and clean. You are brave enough for anything: crawling off of staircases, saying your first words without fearing that someone will think you are foolish, putting strange things in your mouth. But as you get older, your courage attracts gunk and crusty things and dirt and fear and knowing how bad things can get and what pain feels like. By the time you're half-grown, your courage barely moves at all…