overpessimistic

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adjective

More pessimistic than is warranted.

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Meanings

adjectiveoverpessimistic (comparative more overpessimistic, superlative most overpessimistic)

comparative more overpessimistic · superlative most overpessimistic

  1. More pessimistic than is warranted.

    In the past few years people were overpessimistic.

    2007 January 6, David Barboza, “China Moves to Tighten the Money Supply”, in New York Times

Origin

From over- + pessimistic.

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APA

overpessimistic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overpessimistic

MLA

“overpessimistic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overpessimistic. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overpessimistic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overpessimistic.

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