overambitious

overambitious
UK [ˌəʊvəræmˈbɪʃəs] / US [ˌoʊvəræmˈbɪʃəs] adjective
a) someone who is overambitious expects to achieve more than is reasonable or likely
b) used about someone's plans or intentions

the company's overambitious expansion scheme


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  • overambitious — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ excessively ambitious …   English terms dictionary

  • overambitious — [spelling only] …   English World dictionary

  • overambitious — adj.; overambitiously, adv.; overambitiousness, n. * * * …   Universalium

  • overambitious — adjective Excessively ambitious See Also: overambition …   Wiktionary

  • overambitious — Synonyms and related words: at fever pitch, delirious, fanatical, febrile, feverish, frantic, frenetic, frenzied, furious, hectic, hysteric, infatuated, insane, overanxious, overdesirous, overeager, overenthusiastic, overzealous, perfervid,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • overambitious — o·ver·am bi·tious || ‚əʊvÉ™(r)æm bɪʃəs adj. excessively ambitious …   English contemporary dictionary

  • overambitious — adjective excessively ambitious. Derivatives overambition noun overambitiously adverb …   English new terms dictionary

  • overambitious — o•ver•am•bi•tious [[t]ˌoʊ vər æmˈbɪʃ əs[/t]] adj. cvb excessively ambitious • Etymology: 1960–65 o ver•am•bi′tious•ly, adv …   From formal English to slang

  • overambitious — /oʊvəræmˈbɪʃəs/ (say ohvuhram bishuhs) adjective ambitious to an excessive degree. –overambitiously, adverb …  

  • overambitious — adj. excessively ambitious. Derivatives: overambition n. overambitiously adv …   Useful english dictionary

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