Meanings
- not comparableHaving overconfidence in one's opinions that is impervious to failure.
As stated before, Larry says High D personalities are “often wrong, never in doubt.”
1998, Lee Ellis, Larry Burkett, Your Career in Changing Times, →ISBN3 more examples
We have an expression in our day: “often wrong; never in doubt.” In this case they were always wrong.
2016, Phil Enlow, Truth, Deception & God’s Unfolding Purpose, →ISBN“Often wrong, never in doubt” was long the motto of editorial writers, but it can be applied to the journalism racket generally.
2018 June 8, Andrew Ferguson, “A Freelancer in Rome”, in The Weekly StandardFollowing the unwavering credo of, “Often wrong, never in doubt”, The Wrath of Woody says: Virginia 34, Virginia Tech 31.
2018 July 21, Aaron Perryman, Andy Bitter, Paul Woody, “Hokies vs. 'Hoos: We made two all-time teams based solely on NFL performance”, in The Richmond Times-Dispatch
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