over-optimistic

A form of overoptimistic — Excessively optimistic.

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Meanings

adjectiveover-optimistic (comparative more over-optimistic, superlative most over-optimistic)

comparative more over-optimistic · superlative most over-optimistic

  1. alternativeAlternative form of overoptimistic.

    As we know, what sank National Express East Coast and Virgin Trains East Coast were over-optimistic forecasts of revenue growth.

    2019 October, Roger Ford, “WCP award - victory for DfT reactionaries”, in Modern Railways, page 30

Origin

From over- + optimistic.

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over-optimistic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/over-optimistic

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Chicago

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