over-optimistic
English edit
Etymology edit
From over- + optimistic.
Adjective edit
over-optimistic (comparative more over-optimistic, superlative most over-optimistic)
- alternative form of overoptimistic
- 2019 October, Roger Ford, “WCP award - victory for DfT reactionaries”, in Modern Railways, page 30:
- As we know, what sank National Express East Coast and Virgin Trains East Coast were over-optimistic forecasts of revenue growth.
References edit
- “over-optimistic”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.